1788 in Iceland

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See also:	Other events in 1788 · Timeline of Icelandic history

Events in the year 1788 in Iceland.

Incumbents

Events

January 1 – Christian VII abolishes trade monopolies at the end of the year, trade in Iceland becomes free to all citizens of the King of Denmark.^[1]

Björn Gunnlaugsson (1788 – 1876)

Births

September 25: Björn Gunnlaugsson, mathematician and cartographer.^[2]

References

^ "Monopoly trade and economic stagnation : studies in the foreign trade of Iceland 1602-1787 / av Gisli Gunnarsson". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
^ Gunnlaugsson, Björn (1836). Tøblur yfir Sólarinnar sýnilega gáng á Íslandi (in Icelandic). prentadar af H. Helgasyni.

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[1] "Monopoly trade and economic stagnation : studies in the foreign trade of Iceland 1602-1787 / av Gisli Gunnarsson". HathiTrust. Retrieved 2024-09-16.

[2] Gunnlaugsson, Björn (1836). Tøblur yfir Sólarinnar sýnilega gáng á Íslandi (in Icelandic). prentadar af H. Helgasyni.

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