Events in the year 1798 in Iceland.
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Incumbents
edit- Monarch: Christian VII
- Governor of Iceland: Ólafur Stefánsson
Events
edit- 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.[1]
Births
edit- 4 March: Sigurður Breiðfjörð, poet.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Unesco World Heritage Site". whc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
- ^ "Sigurður Breiðfjörð Biography". 2002-07-20. Archived from the original on 2002-07-20. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
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