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1798 in Iceland
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Events in the year 1798 in Iceland.
Incumbents
Monarch: Christian VII
Governor of Iceland: Ólafur Stefánsson
Events
July 20: The Althing met at Þingvellir for the last time.The few who had attended returned home from Þingvellir due to poor conditions, and thus ended the governments tenure at the site, which had lasted since 930.Unesco World Heritage Site https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1152/ 2024-08-24 whc.unesco.org
Births
4 March: Sigurður Breiðfjörð, poet.2002-07-20 Sigurður Breiðfjörð Biography http://www.bokasafn.is/rithofundavefur/sigurdur_breidfjord.htm 2024-08-24 2002-07-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20020720074842/http://www.bokasafn.is/rithofundavefur/sigurdur_breidfjord.htm dead
References
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