Early Period
- 1043 Magnus I of Norway defeats the Wends at Lyrskov Hede.
- 1066 Harald III of Norway defeats the English in the Battle of Fulford leading to his control of York.
- 1066 The Norwegians are defeated in the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
- 1107-10 Sigurd I of Norway leads a crusade to Iberia and the Holy Land.
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