1771 in Iceland

← 1770 1769 1768 1771 in Iceland → 1772 1773 1774
Decades:	1770s 1780s 1790s
See also:	Other events in 1771  · Timeline of Icelandic history

Events in the year 1771 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII
• Governor of Iceland: Lauritz Andreas Thodal ^[1]

Events

• Reindeer were first brought to Iceland from Finnmark in Norway. ^{[2] [3]}

• May 2: Former governor Christian von Proeck is deposed due to his reluctance to enforce royal decrees. ^[4]

References

1. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "203 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XVII. Bind. Svend Tveskjæg - Tøxen)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-10-22.
2. Tryland, Morten; Kutz, Susan J. (2018-11-09). Reindeer and Caribou: Health and Disease. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-429-95242-5.
3. Oslund, Karen (2011-07-01). Iceland Imagined: Nature, Culture, and Storytelling in the North Atlantic. University of Washington Press. ISBN   978-0-295-80299-2.
4. Bricka, Carl Frederik. "302 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / XIII. Bind. Pelli - Reravius)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-12-06.