{"slug": "norsemen", "label": "Norsemen", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norsemen", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1211290", "qid": "Q1211290", "description": "historical ethnolinguistic group of people originating in Scandinavia", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [841, 1408], "span_label": ["841 CE", "1408 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dublin", "label": "Dublin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brian-boru", "label": "Brian Boru", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seine", "label": "Seine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "danegeld", "label": "Danegeld", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 841, "year_label": "841 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The town of Dyflin (meaning \"Black Pool\") or Dublin (modern Ireland) is founded by Norwegian Vikings, on the south bank of the River Liffey. The settlement is fortified with a ditch and an earth rampart, with a wooden palisade on top. The Norsemen establish a wool weaving industry, and there is also a slave trade. An artificial hill is erected, where the nobility meets to make laws and discuss policy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360650312#Ireland", "title": "841", "revid": 1360650312, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 880, "year_label": "880 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Thimeon: King Louis III (\"the Younger\") defeats Vikings (probably Norsemen) from England, near Charleroi, north of the River Sambre. During the battle 5,000 Vikings are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372561483#Europe", "title": "880", "revid": 1372561483, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 885, "year_label": "885 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Siege of Paris: Viking forces, under the Norse chieftains Sigfred and Sinric, sail up the River Seine for eastern France, with a fleet of 300 longships (10,000 men). They appear before Paris, and offer to spare the city if they are allowed free passage, by paying them tribute (Danegeld). Their request is denied.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655145#Europe", "title": "885", "revid": 1366655145, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 894, "year_label": "894 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Anarawd of Gwynedd's shaky alliance with the Vikings collapses. His kingdom is ravaged by the Norsemen. Anarawd is forced to ask for help from Alfred the Great and submits to his overlordship. Alfred imposes oppressive terms and forces Anarawd's confirmation in the Christian Church, with Alfred as 'godfather'.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130298#Britain", "title": "894", "revid": 1341130298, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 902, "year_label": "902 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Winter – The Norsemen are expelled from Dublin. After a brief foray into Seisyllwg (Wales), a group, under the Viking lord Ingimundr, settle in the Wirral with the agreement of Lady Æthelflæd of the Mercians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130244#Britain_And_Ireland", "title": "902", "revid": 1341130244, "section": "Events › By place › Britain And Ireland"}}, {"year": 905, "year_label": "905 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Norse settlers under the Viking warlord Ingimundr, revolt against the Mercians and try to capture the city of Chester. They are beaten off.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350019271#Britain", "title": "905", "revid": 1350019271, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 968, "year_label": "968 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Sulcoit in Ireland: The Irish of the Dál gCais led by Brian Boru defeats the Viking forces of Limerick. After the battle the Dál gCais seize and burn the Viking stronghold of Limerick. Ending of Norse expansion in Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919231#Europe", "title": "968", "revid": 1364919231, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 986, "year_label": "986 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Bjarni Herjólfsson, a Norse-Icelandic merchant captain and explorer, becomes the first inhabitant of the Old World to discover the mainland of the Americas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272436#Exploration", "title": "986", "revid": 1365272436, "section": "Events › By topic › Exploration"}}, {"year": 1408, "year_label": "1408 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – Thorstein Olafssøn marries Sigrid Bjørnsdatter in Hvalsey Church, in the last recorded event of the Norse history of Greenland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360565942#July–December", "title": "1408", "revid": 1360565942, "section": "Events › July–December"}}]}