1. c. 325 BCE Pytheas writes of Thule
2. 3rd century Roman coins reach Iceland
3. c. 800 Longhouse at Stöðvarfjörður
4. c. 770-880 Irish papar in Iceland
5. c. 860 Naddodd discovers Snaeland
6. c. 862 Gardar Svavarsson circumnavigates
7. ★ c. 865 Hrafna-Floki first deliberate voyage
8. ★ 874 Ingolfur Arnarson settles Reykjavik
9. c. 875 Norse mass migration begins
10. 930 All arable land claimed
11. ★ 930 Althing established at Thingvellir
12. ★ c. 961 Eldgja eruption
13. c. 985 Erik the Red settles Greenland
14. ★ 1000 Iceland converts to Christianity
15. c. 1001 Leif Erikson reaches Vinland
16. 1056 First Icelandic bishop consecrated
17. c. 1120 Islendingabok written
18. 12th century Sagas of Icelanders written
19. c. 1200 Age of the Sturlungs begins
20. 1220 Snorri Sturluson swears to Haakon IV
21. ★ 1262 Old Covenant signed
22. 1281 Jonsbok law code adopted
23. 1297 Stadamal disputes settled
24. c. 1300 Little Ice Age begins to bite
25. 14th century Vistarband peasant binding emerges
26. 14th century Stockfish trade rises
27. 1380 Norwegian royal line ends
28. ★ 1397 Kalmar Union formed
29. ★ early 15th century English Age begins
30. mid-15th century Greenland Norse colony dies out
31. 16th century German Age in trade
32. ★ 1523 Kalmar Union dissolves
33. 1541 Bishop Ogmundur deported
34. ★ 1550 Last Catholic bishop beheaded
35. ★ 1602 Danish trade monopoly imposed
36. ★ 1627 Turkish Abductions
37. mid-17th century Dutch and French traders rise
38. 1660 Absolute monarchy in Denmark-Norway
39. ★ 1783 Laki eruption
40. ★ 1783-1784 Moduhardindin - the Mist Hardships
41. 1786 Trade monopoly relaxed
42. 1800 Althing abolished
43. 1809 Jorgensen's brief reign
44. ★ 1814 Treaty of Kiel
45. 1830s Fjolnismenn lead national revival
46. 1844 Althing restored
47. ★ 1874 Constitution and home rule granted
48. 1870s-1900s Mass emigration to Manitoba
49. ★ 1904 Hannes Hafstein - first Minister for Iceland
50. 1914-1918 World War I isolates Iceland
51. ★ 1 December 1918 Act of Union - Kingdom of Iceland
52. 1929 Great Depression hits exports
53. July 1936 Spanish Civil War halves saltfish exports
54. March 1939 All-party government formed
55. 9 April 1940 Germany occupies Denmark
56. 10 April 1940 Iceland takes own foreign affairs
57. ★ 10 May 1940 British invade in Operation Fork
58. ★ July 1941 US takes over occupation
59. 31 December 1943 Act of Union expires
60. ★ 20-23 May 1944 Independence plebiscite
61. ★ 17 June 1944 Republic of Iceland declared
62. post-WWII Wartime boom transforms economy
63. October 1946 US ends formal defence role
64. 1947-1948 Marshall Aid - highest per capita
65. ★ 30 March 1949 Iceland founds NATO
66. ★ 5 May 1951 US-Iceland Defence Agreement
67. 1952-1956 Proto Cod War
68. 1958-1961 First Cod War
69. 1972-1973 Second Cod War
70. ★ 1975-1976 Third Cod War
71. ★ 1 August 1980 Vigdis Finnbogadottir elected president
72. October 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev Reykjavik Summit
73. ★ 1991 David Oddsson begins market reforms
74. ★ 1994 Iceland joins the EEA
75. 1995 Independence-Progressive coalition
76. 2003 Iraq War - Coalition of the Willing
77. 2004 Oddsson steps down after 13 years
78. ★ September 2006 US closes Keflavik Air Base
79. ★ October 2008 Banking system collapses
80. January 2009 Pots and Pans Revolution
81. ★ 1 February 2009 Sigurdardottir - first openly gay PM
82. 2009-2011 Icesave dispute
83. 2009 Net emigration of 5,000
84. ★ April 2010 Eyjafjallajokull grounds European flights
85. 2012 Economy returns to growth
86. April 2013 Centre-right returns under Gunnlaugsson
87. 1 August 2016 Gudni Th. Johannesson elected president
88. 30 November 2017 Jakobsdottir leads Left-Green coalition
89. 2021 Tri-party coalition continues
90. April 2024 Benediktsson succeeds Jakobsdottir
91. June 2024 Halla Tomasdottir wins presidency
92. November 2024 Frostadottir - Social Democrat PM