1000-1099 (Vikings in the New World)

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1000 - Leif Erikson set out on an expedition to find new lands. First he came to Helluland, or "flat-stone land". Then, he reached Markland, or "Wood Land". Finally, he came across the warmer island of Vinland (Newfoundland OTL) with his crew of 35.

1003-1005 - Leif's brother Thorvald captains an expedition to Vinland, and spends two years there.

1010-1013 - Thorfinn Karlsefni sets off for Vinland to find grapes with a colonization crew of 65. They begin to trade peacefully with the Native Eriksons.

1013-1019 - After the Native Eriksons began to become aggressive, Karlsefni demanded that they retreat, or else they would attack back. This was the main instigator for the Wars of Foundation. [POD]

1015 - Leif returns to Vinland because of the connection he had to the place. He spent the last eight years of his life there, fighting off the natives and building infrastructure.

1021 - Seeing that the Vinlanders were weak, Norway forced Vinland to become a colony of the kingdom or else they were willing to go to war. The Vinlanders agree, and 500 more people were ordered to come to Vinland to help with the colonization process.

1023 - Leif Erikson dies, and is mourned all over Vinland.

1025 - King Thorfinn Karlsefni dies, and leaves his son Snorri I to take over the position of king.

1028 - On a colonization expedition to find new islands, Kayin Ivar found the Mainland of Erikson (OTL Nova Scotia) and called it "Slettene Land", meaning Plains Land in Norwegian.

Sept. 1029 - Norway sent 400 more settlers to Vinland, 350 to Slettene Land, 200 to Markland, and 100 to Helluland.

Nov. 1029 - The settlers in Vinland renamed their town "Kysten Byen", or Coast Town in Norwegian. 1030 - 15 people in Vinland and five in Markland were recruited as explorers of Slettene Land, because many people thought it might not be just another island.

1031 - The first map of Vinland is made, and it's to be known as Kart over Vinland (Map of Vinland). It shows some of the island of Vinland, with parts of Slettene Land included.

1032 - A settlement is made in Slettene Land, and it's named Erstad.

1033 - The explorers in Slettene Land reach the southern point of OTL Nova Scotia, leading them to believe that it was an island. The explorers begin to make their way back up the land to the port built in Slettene Land.

June 1034 - The settlement in Markland is named Virrik.

Early Dec. 1034 - The settlement in Helluland is named Helldal.

Late Dec. 1034 - The beginning of the First Vinlandic Revolts occur. Dozens of Vinlanders storm the Leadership House of Kysten Byen.

Jan. 1035 - The explorers in Slettene Land decide to create a small settlement, but it fails, six people die, and the remaining nine make their way back up to Vinland.

Feb. 1035 - A second settlement in Vinland is made, and is named Festival.

Nov. 1035 - The end of the FVR. King Snorri I manages to peacefully quell the revolts, and manages to keep Norway from taking action against him.

1036 - After the original explorers return, 30 more settlers are sent down the coast of Vinland to create new settlements.

1037 - 25 people volunteer to go down the coast of Slettene Land to create a new town. They end up discovering that SL isn't part of an island.

1038 - Five explorers are sent north from Helldal to create a second settlement.

1039 - A second settlement in Markland is made, and is named Henden.

April 1041 - The explorers from Helldal reach their destination and form a town called Kalleburg.

May 1041 - The settlers in Slettene Land reach the area where SL meets the mainland of Erikson, and they turn to follow that area. They decide to explore for a few years before sending anyone back.

1042 - Due to the need for expansion, 25 horses were sent by barge to the port in Erstad. They are quickly bred and now have over 10,000 descendents on the continent.

1043 - After discovering that SL is much bigger than was once thought, the settlers on the coast send 10 people to report back to Vinland about their finds.

1044 - The settlers in SL create a town which they call Langset, named after the leader of the expedition.

1046 - Gres Sevaldsen, a Vinlandic philosopher and cartographer, goes on a map making journey at the age of 23.

1047 - The settlers sent back from Langset reach Vinland and alert Snorri I of their discovery. He sends them back with horses and a blank map.

1048 - A town named Brosvik is built five miles away from Erstad, and is the tenth town to be built in Erikson.

1050 - A new settlement is built near Langset, but is quickly destroyed by the natives. Historians don't know the original name, and simply call it The Lost Town.

April 1051 - Gres Sevaldsen's map is done, and it includes most of Vinland, excluding the south-east portion. June 1051 - A sailor named Sigurd Breen in Vinland sails north, and comes across the coast of what is today Näätämö. He returns to Kysten Byen and takes 50 people with him.

1052 - The Norwegian King sends 100 more people to Vinland, and starts sending anyone who volunteers.

May 1, 1053 - A violent pro-independent protest is held in Erstad, and the leader of the town violently murders the protesters. This becomes known as the May Day Massacre. Eighteen people died, including the leader of Erstad.

October 1054 - King Harald Sigurdsson's twisted advertising sends 1,200 people to Vinland by 1060. By October 1054 there have already been 150 people sent over. Vinland reaches five thousand people by 1057.

December 1054 - A ship sent by King Harald gets set off by a monsoon, leading them to what is now Värmland. This gives the people more information as to how big Erikson is. They make their way north and arrive in Langset.

1055 - A new group of explorers are sent out from most towns in Vinland. 6 groups are sent out in all different directions, with 89 people in total.

Mar. 1056 - 15 people volunteer, out of curiosity, to see what Sigurd Breen's find was. They discover his secluded town called Ytterhelen.

Jul. 1056 - The Island of Vinland has been completely explored by this date.

1058 - The first complete map of Vinland is completed by a man named Edvard Soltvedt.

1059 - The King of Vinland himself ventures up to Ytterhelen to see what the town is like. He discovers that it's an attempted scientific research station, with over 30 people working together to develop theories. There are ten more scientists sent to help.

1061 - One of the six groups that was sent to explore in 1055 returns to Erstad. They say that they've created a town down south named Granly.

1062 - Three more explorers from Granly reach Erstad.

1064 - On a mission to reconnect settlements with Kysten Byen, King Amund sends people in all directions, to find towns then immediately report back to them.

1065 - Gres Sevaldsen develops a rudimentary theory of Heliocentrism after seeing how the stars looked different in Erikson than in Europe. In OTL, this wasn't discovered until the 1500's. This is the beginning of the end of the Dark Ages.

1067 - Gres Sevaldsen lives out the last years of his life in Ytterhelen, where he elaborates on his theory.

1068-1074 - Norwegians and Vinlanders begin to think of scientific theories, ushering in a new era based on science, not war. The Dark Age is over for Scandinavia.

1070 - In an attempt to build more towns and build up an army, the King of Vinland rapidly sends people up the coasts. This causes many conflicts with the natives, and makes them hostile for dozens of years to come.

1072 - The Governor of Helluland decides to send many missions to help fully explore the island. Lots of people ended up dying because of the cold Nord Helluland winter. The bottom half of Helluland is completely explored by 1089 and the top half is explored by 1113.

January 1073 - After managing to quell the natives in some parts of Vinland, more towns are made quickly. The town of Mesanga is founded in January 1073.

October 1073 - The town of Askim is formed in-between Granly and Erstad, and is used as a rest stop.

1075 - The town of Garnes is build 45 miles away from Langset, and is used in a very similar way to Askim. People pass through it to get to back to the bigger cities, which brings up its population significantly.

1076 - More towns are built to bridge the gaps between the farther away towns and places like Erstad and Kysten Byen.

1078 - The population of Vinland reaches 15,000 people. The towns of Kysten Byen and Erstad are the two biggest towns in Erikson, with populations of over 2500. Places like Langset, Brosvik and Kalleburg all have over 750 people. Most other towns have populations of about 200-400. The province of Vinland has the most people, followed by Slettene Land, then Markland, then Helluland, then finally, Näätämö. 1079 - The area north of Vinland is named Näätämö, or "Coastland".

1080 - Mesanga is forced to deal with another native war, with 23 people dead by the end of 1080.

1082 - A pamphlet is written about Vinland, and is titled Historien om et nytt land (History of a New Land). It tells the story of how Leif Erikson discovered Vinland, and how it was taken over by Norway. Later in the book, it goes into detail about the daily life in Askim.

1083 - A scientific paper is published in Ytterhelen about Heliocentrism. It was heavily criticized in places outside of Näätämö, but is now heavily praised by most scientists.

1084 - An explorer from Granly decides to sail south, and lands in what is now Värmland. He brings 25 colonists with him, and starts a town called Vastli.

1086 - Vinland begins rapidly creating new towns on the southern area of the island, with three being built by the end of the year. Arna, Skillebotn and Horv.

1087-1091 - People in Arna and Skillebotn decide to build a road network between the two towns. It is quickly finished by 1091.

1089 - The bottom half of Helluland has been completely explored.

August 1090 - After seeing the road network in Skillebotn, people in Horv decide to connect their town to the road network.

October 1090 - A new town called Tobru is founded near Vastli.

1091 - Kysten Byen begins to build road networks connecting other towns on Vinland.

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