The Norse settle Greenland
Norsemen settled the uninhabited southern part of Greenland beginning in the 10th century, having previously settled Iceland to escape persecution from the King of Norway and his central government.
Settlers & explorers
Vikings discover Iceland
Recorded settlement has conventionally been dated back to 874, although archaeological evidence indicates Gaelic monks from Ireland had settled Iceland before that date.
The Arawak people settle on Jamaica
Around 800 CE, Arawak arrived, eventually settling throughout the island. Living in villages ruled by tribal chiefs called the caciques, they sustained themselves on fishing and the cultivation of maize and cassava. At the height of their civilization, their population is estimated to have numbered as much as 60,000.
The settlement of Vijayapura flourishes on Borneo
The settlement known as Vijayapura was a colony to the Buddhist Srivijaya empire and was thought to be located in Borneo’s Northwest which flourished in the 7th Century.
The Lucayans of the Taino people becomes the first inhabitants of the Bahamas
The first inhabitants of the Bahamas were the Lucayans, an Arawakan-speaking Taino people, who arrived between about 500 and 800 C.E. from other islands of the Caribbean.
Irish monks discover the Faroe Islands
The first known settlers in the Faroe Islands were Irish monks, who in the 6th century C.E. told of the “Islands of the Sheep and the Paradise of Birds.”
The Early East Slavs settle in modern-day western Russia
The Early East Slavs gradually settled Western Russia in two waves: one moving from Kiev towards present-day Suzdal and Murom and another from Polotsk towards Novgorod and Rostov.
Humans first settle the island of Madagascar
Archaeologists have estimated that the earliest settlers arrived from the Malay Archipelago between 250 B.C.E. and 550 C.E., making Madagascar one of the last major landmasses on Earth to be settled by humans.
Malays from Borneo become perhaps the first humans to discover Seychelles
The early history of Seychelles is unknown. Malays from Borneo, who eventually settled on Madagascar, perhaps lingered here circa 200-300 C.E.
The Kirati people settle in the Kathmandu valley
The first documented tribes in Nepal are the Kirat people, who arrived into Nepal from Tibet roughly 2000 to 2500 years ago and moved into the Kathmandu Valley and Southern parts of Nepal, before being made to retreat elsewhere by the invading Licchavais from India.