1789 in Iceland

none 1789 Iceland Flag of Denmark.svg 90px Other events in 1789Timeline of Icelandic history Events in the year 1789 in Iceland. Incumbents Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Hans Christoph Diederich Victor von Levetzow Events June 8: Earthquakes affect Southern Iceland.Thoroddsen Þorvaldur https://books.google.com/books?id=m7ml6jRZYOIC&q=1789+iceland+earthquake Volcanic Eruptions and Earthquakes in Iceland Within Historic Times 1886 U.S. Government Printing Office en July 23: Upon the death of his father, Finnur Jónsson, Hannes Finnsson becomes bishop of Skálholt.Háskólabókasafn Landsbókasafn Íslands- Bækur.is http://baekur.is/bok/ee3f66a4-dec7-4928-8c75-9c50177117a8/AEfisaga_Hannesar_Finnssonar 2024-09-14 baekur.is is August 14 – Christian VII issues a decree that Icelandic bishops should be consecrated in Iceland in order to save money.Halfdanarson Gudmundur https://books.google.com/books?id=uoIG6bbP32IC&dq=Icelandic+bishops+decree+Christian+VII&pg=PR19 Historical Dictionary of Iceland 2008-10-23 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-6274-6 en Deaths July 23: Finnur Jónsson, bishop.2013-12-19 Finnur Jónsson Skálholt http://skalholt.is/frodleikur/biskupar/finnur_jonsson/ 2024-09-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20131219190440/http://skalholt.is/frodleikur/biskupar/finnur_jonsson/ 2013-12-19 References 1789 Category:1780s in Iceland Category:1789 in Denmark Category:Years of the 18th century in Iceland Iceland Iceland