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1753 in Iceland
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The following events occurred in Iceland in the year 1753.
Incumbents
Monarch: Frederick V
Governor of Iceland: Otto von RantzauBricka Carl Frederik 471 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XIII. Bind. Pelli - Reravius) https://runeberg.org/dbl/13/0473.html 2025-04-23 runeberg.org da
Events
Skúli Magnússon sought a grant from the Danish king to build a better house, "which could receive young and healthy wanderers and beggars who wander around the country in groups". That building later became the Government House.Evans Andrew https://www.google.com/books/edition/Iceland/9_GfdBAASUQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Stj%C3%B3rnarr%C3%A1%C3%B0sh%C3%BAsi%C3%B0+penitentiary&pg=PA156&printsec=frontcover Iceland: The Bradt Travel Guide 2008 Bradt Travel Guides 978-1-84162-215-6 en
Grímsvötn erupts.Global Volcanism Program Grímsvötn https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=373010 2025-06-12 Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program en
References
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