Events in the year 1851 in

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

Incumbents

* Monarch:

Frederick VII of Denmark Frederick VII (Frederik Carl Christian; 6 October 1808 – 15 November 1863) was King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863. He was the last Danish monarch of the older Royal branch of the House of Oldenburg and the last king of Denmark to rule as an ...

* Prime Minister of Denmark: Adam Wilhelm Moltke * Governor of Iceland: Jørgen Ditlev Trampe

Events

National Assembly of 1851 The National Assembly of 1851 (Icelandic language, Icelandic ''Þjóðfundurinn 1851'') was a Constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention called to decide the political status of Iceland. The assembly was called in 18 ...

* The first

Mormons Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several ...

in Iceland,Thorarinn Thorason (or Hafliðason) and Guðmundur Guðmundsson were baptized in 1851 under the direction of Erastus Snow.

Births

* 1 June − Þorgils gjallandi, author

Deaths

* 18 October −

Brynjólfur Pétursson Brynjólfur Pétursson (15 April 1810 – 18 October 1851) was an Icelandic lawyer and government official. He was one of the '' Fjölnismenn'', a group of Icelandic intellectuals who spearheaded the revival of Icelandic national consciousness an ...

, lawyer

References

1850s in Iceland Years of the 19th century in Iceland

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