when did the vikings first come to britain
Viking Age In England, the beginning of the Viking Age is dated to 8 June 793,[7][8] when Vikings destroyed the abbey on Lindisfarne, a centre of learning on an island off the northeast coast of England in Northumberland. Monks were killed in the abbey, thrown into the sea to drown, or carried away as slaves along with the church treasures, giving rise to the traditional (but unattested) prayerâ€”A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine, "Free us from the fury of the Northmen, Lord."[9]