{"slug": "althing", "label": "Althing", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131279", "qid": "Q131279", "description": "unicameral parliament of Iceland", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [930, 2009], "span_label": ["930 CE", "2009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sweyn-forkbeard", "label": "Sweyn Forkbeard", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 930, "year_label": "930 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is established at þingvellir (\"Thing Fields\"). Chieftains from various tribes gather for 2 weeks at a thing (assembly) to settle disputes, arrange marriages, etc.; it continues in existence into the 21st century, as the world's oldest parliament of the Icelandic Commonwealth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919313#Europe", "title": "930", "revid": 1364919313, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In Scandinavia, Christianization was in its early stages, with the Althing of the Icelandic Commonwealth embracing Christianity in the year 1000. On September 9, the King of Norway, Olaf Tryggvason, was defeated by the Scandinavian kingdoms of Denmark and Sweden in the Battle of Svolder. Sweyn Forkbeard established Danish control over part of Norway. The city of Oslo was founded in Norway (the exact year is debatable, but the 1,000 year anniversary was held in the year 2000). It is known that in or around this year, Norse explorer Leif Erikson became the first European to land in the Americas, at L'Anse aux Meadows in modern-day Newfoundland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}, {"year": 1001, "year_label": "1001 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910152#Europe", "title": "1001", "revid": 1341910152, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1100, "year_label": "1100 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "In Iceland, the Althing decides that the laws should be transferred to a written form (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265768#Europe", "title": "1100", "revid": 1365265768, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1703, "year_label": "1703 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June", "text": "June – The completed 1703 Icelandic census is presented in the Althing, the first complete census of any country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369923832#April–June", "title": "1703", "revid": 1369923832, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1843, "year_label": "1843 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – The Danish government re-establishes the Althing in Iceland as an advisory body, by royal decree.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366016136#January–March", "title": "1843", "revid": 1366016136, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1844, "year_label": "1844 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is reopened after 45 years of closure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372570203#January–March", "title": "1844", "revid": 1372570203, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16 – Iceland's national parliament, the Althingi, votes to pursue joining the EU.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#July", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › July"}}]}