1816 in Iceland

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See also:	Other events in 1816  · Timeline of Icelandic history

Events in the year 1816 in Iceland .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI ^[1]
• Governor of Iceland: Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold ^[2]

Events

• The Icelandic Literary Society is founded. ^[3]
• Grímsvötn erupted. ^[4]
• Iceland made the clergy responsible for smallpox vaccination and gave them the responsibility of keeping vaccination records for their parishes. ^[5]

References

1. "Frederik 6. | lex.dk". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
2. bókmenntafélag, Íslenska (1904). Tímarit (in Icelandic).
3. Sigurður Líndal, Hið Íslenzka Bókmenntafélag: Söguágrip, Lesbók Morgunblaðsins, 1969, repr. Reykjavík: Hið Íslenzka Bókmenntafélag, 1969, OCLC   1252180620, p. 18 (in Icelandic).
4. Newhall, Christopher G.; Dzurisin, Daniel (1988). Historical unrest at the large calderas of the world. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
5. Pétursson P (1983). Church and Social Change: A Study of the Secularization Process in Iceland, 1830–1930. Studies in religious experience and behaviour, nr. 4. Helsingborg, Sweden: Plus Ultra. pp. 70, 79. ISBN   91-970355-9-9.