Events in the year 1784 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Lauritz Andreas Thodal The Laki eruption that began the year prior, continues...
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system in Iceland that started activity on August 17, 2014, and ended on February 27, 2015, is Bárðarbunga. The volcano in Iceland that erupted in May 2011...
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Laki (category 18th century in Iceland)
in Iceland, 1783–1784". 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies. 19: 72–93. doi:10.7557/4.6611. 江戸の飢饉に巨大噴火の影 気温低下で凶作、人災も [Famine in Edo...
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Iceland (Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge...
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Events in the year 1783 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Lauritz Andreas Thodal 1 May: A volcanic eruption started on the Reykjanes...
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Upper Hungary (category Historical regions in the Kingdom of Hungary)
Environmental, and Human Dimensions Impacts of the Lakagígar Eruption (1783-1784) in Iceland". In Jones, Philip D (ed.). History and Climate: Memories of the Future...
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The Icelandic horse (Icelandic: íslenski hesturinn [ˈistlɛnscɪ ˈhɛstʏrɪn]), or Icelandic, is a breed of horse developed in Iceland. Although the horses...
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The Icelandic financial crisis was a major economic and political event in Iceland between 2008 and 2010. It involved the default of all three of the country's...
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Icelanders (redirect from People of Iceland)
Icelanders established the country of Iceland in mid 930 CE when the Alþingi (parliament) met for the first time. Iceland came under the reign of Norwegian...
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Hans Jonatan (category 1784 births)
Hans Jonatan (12 April 1784 – 18 December 1827; also known as Hans Jónatan and Hans Jonathan) was an escaped slave, soldier, farmer and trader. His father...
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Ísafjörður (redirect from Ísafjörður, Iceland)
the Westfjords Heritage Museum Turnhúsið (1784). The Westfjords are known to be the coolest area in Iceland at sea level. Ísafjörður has a tundra climate...
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Events in the year 1787 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Hans Christoph Diederich Victor von Levetzow Autumn: A ship arrived from...
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Grímsvötn (category Highlands of Iceland)
volcanoes in Iceland. It has a southwest-northeast-trending fissure system. The massive climate-impacting Laki fissure eruption of 1783–1784 took place in a part...
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independence movement in Iceland led to Denmark granting it home rule in 1874 and expanding that home rule in 1904. In 1918, Iceland became a fully sovereign...
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Events in the year 1782 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Lauritz Andreas Thodal The first Landpóstur services began, introducing...
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Events in the year 1781 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Lauritz Andreas Thodal Tjöruhúsið, Neðstikaupstaður was built in Ísafjörður...
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The Lepidoptera of Iceland consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from Iceland. Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758) Aglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)...
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Events in the year 1785 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Hans Christoph Diederich Victor von Levetzow The decision to move Skálholtsskóli...
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Ebenezer Henderson (category 1784 births)
Ebenezer Henderson (17 November 1784 – 17 May 1858) was a Scottish minister and missionary. He spent the early part of his life in Scandinavia, was an accomplished...
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responses in Europe to the 1783 eruption of the Laki fissure volcano in Iceland: a consideration of contemporary documentary evidence". In Firth, C. R...
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Events from the year 1784 in Great Britain. Monarch – George III Prime Minister – William Pitt the Younger (Tory) 15 January – Henry Cavendish's paper...
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The history of Christianity in Iceland can be traced back to the Early Middle Ages when Irish hermits settled in Iceland, at least a century before the...
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Nordic colonialism (redirect from Icelandic colonialism)
to be the first Europeans to create colonies in the Americas. The arrival of Leif Erikson, of Iceland, in the Americas occurred 500 years before Christopher...
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Events in the year 1786 in Iceland. Monarch: Christian VII Governor of Iceland: Hans Christoph Diederich Victor von Levetzow November 17 – Six locations...
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Eldgjá (category Canyons and gorges of Iceland)
Eldgjá (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈɛltˌcauː] , "fire canyon") is a volcano and a canyon in Iceland. Eldgjá is part of the Katla volcano; it is a segment...
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Since the beginning of the Bombay stock exchange, stock markets in India, particularly the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange of India have...
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dissemination of the Bible in Icelandic. The Society was founded by Scottish minister, Ebenezer Henderson, who was traveling to Iceland at the time at the behest...
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located south of Iceland. According to the book, the letters provided a first-hand account of a voyage of exploration undertaken in 1398 by Prince Zichmni...
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forward. In a satirical letter to the editor of the Journal de Paris in 1784, Benjamin Franklin suggested that if Parisians could only wake up earlier in the...
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Vatnajökull National Park (category World Heritage Sites in Iceland)
National Park (Icelandic: Vatnajökulsþjóðgarður pronounced [ˈvahtnaˌjœːkʏlsˌθjouðˌkarðʏr̥] ) is one of three national parks in Iceland, and is the largest...
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