Althing

unicameral parliament of Iceland

8 dated entries naming Althing, drawn from 8 separate years between 930 CE and 2009 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century

930The 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.source
1000In 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.source

11th century

1001Thorgeir Ljosvetningagodi ends being a lawspeaker in Iceland's Althing.source
1100In Iceland, the Althing decides that the laws should be transferred to a written form (approximate date).source

18th century

1703June – The completed 1703 Icelandic census is presented in the Althing, the first complete census of any country.source

19th century

1843March 8 – The Danish government re-establishes the Althing in Iceland as an advisory body, by royal decree.source
1844March 8 – The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is reopened after 45 years of closure.source

21st century

2009July 16 – Iceland's national parliament, the Althingi, votes to pursue joining the EU.source