1842 in Iceland
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Events in the year 1842 in Iceland.
Incumbents[edit]
- Monarch: Christian VIII of Denmark
Events[edit]
- Linguistic purism in Icelandic: Jónas Hallgrímsson publishes a translation of a textbook on astronomy (Stjörnufræði) which became exemplary for later translations of scientific literature.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Jónas Hallgrímsson: The Vastness of the Universe (illus.)". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Dagur íslenskrar tungu". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-05-30.
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