Editing Hedeby (section)

===Timeline===
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|colspan=1 style="padding:0.3em;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#ccccff" align=center|based on Elsner<ref>{{cite book |first=Hildegard |last=Elsner |year=1989 |title=Wikinger Museum Haithabu: Schaufenster einer frühen Stadt |location=Neumünster |publisher=Wachholtz}}</ref>
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|valign=top|'''793'''
|Viking raid on [[Lindisfarne]] - traditional date for the beginning of the [[Viking Age]].
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|valign=top|'''804'''
|First mention of Hedeby
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|valign=top|'''808'''
|Destruction of [[Reric]] and migration of tradespeople to Hedeby
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|'''c. 850'''
|Construction of a church at Hedeby
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|'''886'''
|The [[Danelaw]] is established in [[England]], following Viking invasion
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|'''911'''
|The Vikings settle in [[Normandy]]
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|'''948'''
|Hedeby becomes a bishopric
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|'''965'''
|Visit of [[Ibrahim ibn Yaqub al-Tartushi|Al-Tartushi]] to Hedeby
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|'''974'''
|Hedeby falls to the [[Holy Roman Empire]]
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|'''983'''
|Hedeby returns to Danish control
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|'''c. 1000'''
|The Viking [[Leif Erikson]] explores [[Vinland]], probably in Newfoundland
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|'''1016–1042'''
|Danish kings rule in England
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|'''1050'''
|The Norwegian King [[Harald Hardrada]] destroys Hedeby
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|'''1066'''
|Final destruction of Hedeby by a Slavic army.
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|'''1066'''
|Traditional end of the [[Viking Age]]
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