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1856 in Iceland

overview of Iceland-related events during the year of 1856

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ116766845 ↗
Source-derived summary

Events in the year 1856 in Iceland.

Incumbents

Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark

Council President of Denmark: Peter Georg Bang (until 18 October); Carl Christian Hall onwards

Governor of Iceland: Jørgen Ditlev Trampe

Births

27 September − Bríet Bjarnhéðinsdóttir, women's rights advocate.

19 October − Elín Briem, teacher and writer.

26 October − Baldwin Baldwinson, Icelandic born Canadian politician.

Deaths

20 February − Þórður Sveinbjörnsson, politician.

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The public source identifies “1856 in Iceland” as overview of Iceland-related events during the year of 1856. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Iceland, overview and Iceland-related.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1856—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Iceland, overview and Iceland-related providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1856 in Iceland” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.