Vinland Timeline

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c. 790 - c. 1100
The Viking Age.
c. 970 - c. 1030
Approximate time-indication of the Vikings' expeditions to Vinland (Newfoundland, North America).
980 - 1020
Radiocarbon dates given for the remains of the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (Newfoundland, Canada).
c. 1000
Vikings first land in North America, in Newfoundland and other parts of eastern Canada.
c. 1220 - c. 1280
The Saga of the Greenlanders & Erik the Red's Saga, together known as the Vinland Sagas but written independently, are composed in Iceland.
1961 - 1968
Helge Ingstad discovers the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows (Newfoundland, Canada); subsequent excavations are carried out by the Ingstads until 1968.
1973 - 1976
Parks Canada leads further excavations at the Viking site of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, Canada.