1791 in Iceland

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Events in the year 1791 in Iceland.

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Incumbents

Monarch: Christian VII
Governor of Iceland: Ãlafur StefÃ¡nsson^[1]

Events

December 31 â Schoolboys from HÃ³lavallarskÃ³li celebrate the first known New Year's Eve bonfire in Iceland.^[2]^[3]

Births

24 February: SveinbjÃ¶rn Egilsson, theologian and poet.^[4]

References

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