| 870. | Ingolf comes to Iceland. |
| 938. | Birth of Thorgrim, father of Snorri Godi. |
| c. 950. | Conjectural date of birth of Eric the Red. |
| 963. | Birth of Snorri Godi. |
| 982. | Eric’s first exploration of Greenland. |
| 986. | Foundation of the Greenland colony. Bjarni discovers America. |
| 999. | Leif arrives in Norway. His conversion. |
| 1000. | Christianity established in Iceland. Leif converts Greenland. Death of Olaf Tryggvason. Bjarni in Norway with Eric Jarl. |
| 1001. | Bjarni returns to Greenland. |
| 1002. | Leif discovers Wineland. |
| 1003. | Leif returns. Death of Eric the Red? and Thori, first husband of Gudrid. |
| 1004. | Thorvald’s expedition. |
| 1006. | Death of Thorvald. |
| 1007. | Return of Thorvald’s expedition. |
| 1008. | Thorstein’s expedition and death. |
| 1009. | Gudrid returns to Brattahlid. |
| c. 1018. | Olaf the Holy sends Rörek to Leif Ericson. |
| c. 1019. | Karlsefni arrives in Greenland. |
| c. 1020. | Karlsefni marries Gudrid. They sail to Straumsfjord. Snorri born. |
| c. 1023. | Return of Karlsefni. |
| c. 1024. | Freydis’ voyage. |
| c. 1055. | Mean date of birth of Snorri’s children. |
| 1067. | Birth of Ari the Learned. Adam of Bremen director of Bremen Cathedral School. |
| 1076. | Death of Svein Estridson, informant of Adam of Bremen. |
| 1085. | Birth of Bishop Thorlak, grandson of Snorri Karlsefnison. |
| 1121. | Eric, Bishop of Greenland, sails for Wineland. |
| 1133. | Death of Bishop Thorlak. |
| 1148. | Death of Ari the Learned. |
| 1162. | Death of Bishop Björn, Karlsefni’s great-grandson. |
| 1163. | Ordination of Bishop Brand I. |
| 1201. | Death of Bishop Brand I. |
| 1285. | New land discovered west of Iceland. |
| 1294. | Royal edict making trade with Greenland, &c. a crown monopoly. |
| 1299. | Hallbera appointed abbess of Reynisness. |
| 1334. | Death of Hauk. |
| 1347. | A ship from Markland reported in Icelandic Annals. |
| 1370–1387. | Compilation of the Flatey Book. |