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| c. 800 |
| | | Beowulf, the first great work of Germanic literature, mingles the legends of Scandinavia with the experience in England of Angles and Saxons | |
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| 843 |
| | | Kenneth king of the Scots is accepted also as king of the Picts, providing the traditional founding event of the kingdom of Scotland | |
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| c. 850 |
| | | Vikings are by now securely established in the Orkneys, Shetlands and Hebrides, and in much of the Scottish mainlaid down to Loch Ness | |
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| c. 850 |
| | | As a gesture of unity, Kenneth MacAlpin brings to Scone (a Pictish royal site) a sacred coronation stone associated with the Scots | |
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| 866 |
| | | A great army of Danes captures York - the first step in the establishment of Danelaw in eastern England | |
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| 871 |
| | | The young Alfred leads the English in their first significant victory over the Danes, at Ashdown | |
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| 878 |
| | | Rhodri Mawr, or Rhodri the Great, is widely accepted as king of almost the whole of Wales | |
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| 886 |
| | | Alfred captures London from the Danes, pressing them back into the region of Danelaw where their rule is, for the moment, tolerated | |
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| c. 950 |
| | | The material of the Eddas, taking shape in Iceland, derives from earlier sources in Norway, Britain and Burgundy | |
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| 991 |
| | | New waves of Danes, raiding into the English territory of Danelaw, are bought off by Ethelred with Danegeld | |
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