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 ==Timeline==
-- 1397  Possession of Iceland passed from the Kingdom of Norway to the Kalmar Union in 1415, when the kingdoms of Norway, Denmark and Sweden were united<br>
+'''874'''  Settlement of Iceland begins.<br>
--  After the break-up of the kalmar union in 1523, it remained a Norwegian dependency, as a part of Denmark–Norway<br>
+'''1262'''  Iceland comes under Norwegian rule with the signing of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Covenant_(Iceland) Old Covenant] (''Gissurarsáttmáli'').<br>
-- The Laki volcano erupted, with devastating effects, over half of all livestock in the country died. Around a quarter of the population starved to death in the ensuing famine<br>
+'''1402-1404''' First outbreak of the Black Death.<br>
--  Denmark granted Iceland a constitution and limited home rule and this was expanded in 1904<br>
+'''1415'''  As a Norwegian possession, Iceland becomes part of the Kalmar Union.<br>
-  - The Danish–Icelandic Act of Union, an agreement with Denmark and valid for 25 years, recognised Iceland as a fully sovereign and independent state in a personal union with Denmark<br>
+'''1494–1495'''  Second outbreak of the Black Death.<br>
-- Iceland formally became a republic<br>
+'''1523'''  After the break-up of the Kalmar Union in 1523, Iceland remains a Norwegian dependency, as a part of Denmark–Norway.<br>
+'''1783'''  The Laki volcano erupts, with devastating effects, over half of all livestock in the country died. Around a quarter of the population starved to death in the ensuing famine.<br>
+'''1814'''  Iceland comes under Danish rule with the end of the union of Denmark–Norway.<br>
+'''1874'''  Denmark grants Iceland a constitution and limited home rule.<br>
+'''1904'''  Home rule is expanded and Hannes Hafstein serves as the first Minister for Iceland in the Danish cabinet.<br>
+'''1918'''  The Danish–Icelandic Act of Union, an agreement with Denmark and valid for 25 years, recognizes Iceland as a fully sovereign and independent state in a personal union with Denmark.<br>
+'''1944'''  Iceland formally becomes a republic.<br>
+'''1952'''  The [[Genealogical Society of Utah]] begins microfilming on 1 October.
 == Population Statistics ==