| year | event |
| ~858 | Þórólfr Kveld-Úlfsson born |
| ~863 | Skalla-Grímr Kveld-Úlfsson born |
| ~885 | Battle of Hafrsfjǫrðr (Rogaland) |
| ~890 |
Þórólfr Kveld-Úlfsson dies; Ketill hœngr settles in Iceland |
| ~891 |
[Kveld-Úlfr dies]; Skalla-Grímr settles in Iceland |
| ~900 | Þórólfr Skalla-Grímsson born |
| ~910* |
Egill Skalla-Grímsson born; Bjǫrn Brynjólfsson settles in Iceland; Ásgerðr Bjarnardóttir born |
| ~915–926 | Þórólfr’s first journey to Norway |
| ~927 | Þórólfr and Egill’s journey to Norway |
| 935 |
Þórólfr marries Ásgerðr; Egill kills Atleyjar-Bárðr |
| 936 | Þórdís Þórólfsdóttir born |
| 937 | Battle of Brunanburh/Vínheiðr |
| 938 | Egill returns to Norway |
| 939 |
Egill marries Ásgerðr; Egill returns to Iceland after a twelve-year absence |
| ~943 | Bǫðvarr Egilsson born |
| 945 | Egill’s second journey to Norway |
| 946 |
Egill’s speech at the Gulaþing; Egill returns to Iceland; Skalla-Grímr dies in the autumn |
| 947 | Eiríkr blóðøx loses Norway |
| 948 | Egill composes Hǫfuðlausn |
| 949 | Egill’s third journey to Norway |
| 950 |
Egill visits Hákon inn góði Aðalsteinsfóstri; Egill duels with Atli inn skammi; Egill returns to Iceland |
| 954 | Eiríkr blóðøx dies |
| 955 | Egill’s fourth journey to Norway |
| 956 | Egill goes raiding with Arinbjǫrn |
| 956–7 | Egill winters in Vermaland (Sweden) |
| 957 | Egill returns to Iceland |
| ~959 | Grímr Svertingsson marries Þórdís |
| ~960 | Óláfr pái marries Þorgerðr |
| ~961 | Egill composes Sonatorrek |
| 962 | Egill composes Arinbjarnarkviða |
| ~972 | Þorsteinn Egilsson marries Jófríðr Gunnarsdóttir |
| ~974 |
Ásgerðr dies; Egill travels to Mosfell |
| ~975–8 | Quarrel between Þorsteinn and Steinarr |
| after 990 | Egill dies |
* For internal consistency, Egill’s birth and his journey to Norway (at ~927) have to be 13 or 14 years apart.