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1791 in Iceland
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Events in the year 1791 in Iceland.
Incumbents
Monarch: Christian VII
Governor of Iceland: Ólafur StefánssonJakobsson Sverrir https://books.google.com/books?id=OrV8CwAAQBAJ&dq=%C3%93lafur+Stef%C3%A1nsson+governor&pg=PA214 Historical Dictionary of Iceland Halfdanarson Gudmundur 2016-02-15 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-4422-6291-1 en
Events
December 31 – Schoolboys from Hólavallarskóli celebrate the first known New Year's Eve bonfire in Iceland.Björnsson Árni https://books.google.com/books?id=lwvgAAAAMAAJ&q=New+Year's+Eve+bonfire+iceland+1791 Icelandic Feasts and Holidays 1980 Iceland Review 978-9979-51-050-5 enPrivate Bonfire Reykjavik Tour 2024-2025 https://www.iceland-highlights.com/tour/private-bonfire-tour-reykjavik/#:~:text=The%20tradition%20of%20lighting%20bonfires,a%20bonfire%20near%20their%20institution. 2024-09-12 Iceland Highlights en-US
Births
24 February: Sveinbjörn Egilsson, theologian and poet.Egilsson, Sveinbjörn https://archive.org/details/Lexiconpoticumd5bdb542-1735-4252-93b6-8cc27b134c47v0SveiReyk Lexicon poëticum 1860 National and University Library of Iceland
References
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