By Tim Lambert
860
Gardar Svavarsson circumnavigates Iceland
874
Vikings settle in Iceland led by Ingolfur Arnarson
930
About 60,000 people live in Iceland. An assembly called the Althing is formed.
1056
Iceland gains its first bishop
1097
Icelanders have to pay one tenth of all their produce to the Church
1280
A new constitution is drawn up
1403-05
The Black Death strikes Iceland
1584
The Bible is translated into Icelandic
1707-09
Smallpox strikes Iceland
1783
Volcanic eruptions cause devastation in Iceland
1874
Iceland is given a new constitution
1904
Iceland is granted home rule
1911
Reykjavik University is founded
1915
Icelandic women are allowed to vote
1918
Iceland is made a sovereign state
1922
The first woman is elected to the Althing
1940
Iceland is occupied by British troops
1944
Iceland breaks all links with Denmark
1949
Iceland joins NATO
1975-75
Iceland fights a ‘cod war’ with Britain
2008
Iceland suffers an economic crisis
