{"slug": "icelandic-commonwealth", "label": "Icelandic Commonwealth", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Commonwealth", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62389", "qid": "Q62389", "description": "predecessor state of Iceland", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [930, 1263], "span_label": ["930 CE", "1263 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "althing", "label": "Althing", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-norway-8721397", "label": "Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sweyn-forkbeard", "label": "Sweyn Forkbeard", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-norway", "label": "King of Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "olaf-tryggvason", "label": "Olaf Tryggvason", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "haakon-iv-of-norway", "label": "Haakon IV of Norway", "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": 1104, "year_label": "1104 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – The volcano Hekla erupts in Iceland and devastates farms for 45 miles (some 70 km) around.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271015#Volcanology", "title": "1104", "revid": 1365271015, "section": "Events › By topic › Volcanology"}}, {"year": 1151, "year_label": "1151 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "The first plague and fire insurance policy is issued in Iceland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368252433#Events", "title": "1151", "revid": 1368252433, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1238, "year_label": "1238 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – Battle of Örlygsstaðir: Chieftain Sighvatr Sturluson and his son, Sturla Sighvatsson, are defeated by Kolbeinn ungi Arnórsson and Gissur Þorvaldsson, for control of Iceland (known as the Age of the Sturlungs).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337076438#Europe", "title": "1238", "revid": 1337076438, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1262, "year_label": "1262 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into the Old Covenant (Gissurarsáttmáli), establishing a union with Norway, and acknowledges King Haakon IV of Norway (\"the Old\") as its ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275696322#Europe", "title": "1262", "revid": 1275696322, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December", "text": "December – Magnus VI (\"the Law-mender\") succeeds his father Haakon IV as King of Norway. The chieftains of the eastern part of Iceland become the last to pledge fealty to Magnus, bringing a more complete end to the Icelandic Commonwealth and the Age of the Sturlungs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#Europe", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}