{"slug": "reykjavik", "label": "Reykjavík", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1764", "qid": "Q1764", "description": "capital and largest city in Iceland", "entries": 25, "years": 22, "span": [874, 1986], "span_label": ["874 CE", "1986 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "althing", "label": "Althing", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "faroe-islands", "label": "Faroe Islands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmarknorway", "label": "Denmark–Norway", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "association-football", "label": "Association football", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament", "label": "Parliament", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cold-war", "label": "Cold War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ronald-reagan", "label": "Ronald Reagan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mikhail-gorbachev", "label": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 874, "year_label": "874 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Ingólfr Arnarson arrives from Norway, as the first permanent Viking settler in Iceland. He builds his homestead and founds Reykjavík. The settlement of Iceland begins (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347164206#Europe", "title": "874", "revid": 1347164206, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19:The counties of Gullbringu and Kjósarsýsla are formed by the merger of two counties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929703#Events", "title": "1754 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929703, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "The decision to move Skálholtsskóli to Reykjavík is made, with teaching beginning at Hólavallaskóli a year later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929832#Events", "title": "1785 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929832, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway charters six settlements in Iceland to trade with it, thus ending the Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly, and founding Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370552329#July–September", "title": "1786", "revid": 1370552329, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Six locations are granted municipal rights. This year is regarded as the founding of Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929836#Events", "title": "1786 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929836, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A school cairn, a rectangular stone tower, was erected at Skólvörðuholt in Reykjavík, where a statue of Leifur Eiríksson now stands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929856#Events", "title": "1793 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929856, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Alþingi is held for the first time in Reykjavík. The assembly was held in Hólavallarskóli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929881#Events", "title": "1799 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929881, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1801, "year_label": "1801 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 10", "text": "10 August: With the Althing being disbanded by royal decree in the year prior, a new High Court in Reykjavík took over the functions of Lögrétta. The three appointed judges convened in Hólavallarskóli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929887#Events", "title": "1801 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929887, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – Reykjavík is made a special jurisdiction with its own magistrate by royal decree. The first person to hold that position was the Dane Rasmus Frydensberg. His representative was Finnur Magnússon. In addition, two police officers were appointed, both of whom were Danish.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929898#Events", "title": "1803 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929898, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1804, "year_label": "1804 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Murderer Bjarni Bjarnason from Sjöundá escaped from prison in Reykjavík. He was caught again two weeks later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929899#Events", "title": "1804 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929899, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June", "text": "June – August: Following an eruption the previous year, another sequence of explosive eruptions occurred at Eyjafjallajökull The eruption columns were shot to considerable heights, with ashfall in both the far north of the country, in Eyjafjörður, and in the southwest, on the peninsula of Seltjarnarnes near Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929964#Events", "title": "1822 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929964, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1826, "year_label": "1826 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Bishop of Iceland establishes residency at Laugarnes near Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929997#Events", "title": "1826 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929997, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1844, "year_label": "1844 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Althing, Iceland's supreme national parliament is restored by royal decree and moved to Reykjavík, after being made defunct in 1800.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330930085#Events", "title": "1844 in Iceland", "revid": 1330930085, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "1 July: The first Consultative assembly finally met on 1 July 1845 in Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330930088#Events", "title": "1845 in Iceland", "revid": 1330930088, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The National Bank (Landsbanki) is founded in Reykjavik.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330930249#Events", "title": "1885 in Iceland", "revid": 1330930249, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1891, "year_label": "1891 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Icelandic Police began operating in places outside of Reykjavík", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330930269#Events", "title": "1891 in Iceland", "revid": 1330930269, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1894, "year_label": "1894 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Hið íslenska kvenfélag is founded in Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330930285#Events", "title": "1894 in Iceland", "revid": 1330930285, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, the first Association football club in Iceland, is established in Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#February", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 16", "text": "16 February – Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur is established in Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245998199#Events", "title": "1899 in Iceland", "revid": 1245998199, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1903, "year_label": "1903 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 22", "text": "22 February – The Fríkirkjan í Reykjavík is consecrated in Reykjavik.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245998221#Events", "title": "1903 in Iceland", "revid": 1245998221, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1906, "year_label": "1906 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "A submarine telegraph cable was laid by the Great Northern Telegraph Co. from Scotland through the Faroe Islands to Iceland, where it came ashore on the east coast at Seyðisfjörður. In conjunction a telegraph and telephone line, was laid from the landing point to the capital city Reykjavík. This established Síminn (originally Landssími Íslands).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245998246#Events", "title": "1906 in Iceland", "revid": 1245998246, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Heiðmörk was proclaimed a municipal conservation area of Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365816477#Events", "title": "1950 in Iceland", "revid": 1365816477, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – The long anticipated chess match between world champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union, and United States champion Bobby Fischer, begins in Iceland at Reykjavík.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#July", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland, becoming the first American world chess champion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#September", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11–12 – Cold War: Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe, which end in failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#October", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › October"}}]}