Hans of Iceland information

Hans of Iceland (French: Han d'Islande) is an 1823 Gothic historical novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. It was revised from 1823 to 1833 from a shorter...

The settlement of Iceland (Icelandic: landnámsöld [ˈlantˌnaumsˌœlt]) is generally believed to have begun in the second half of the ninth century, when...

religion of Cao Đài, a new religion established in Vietnam in 1926. A crater on the planet Mercury is named after him. Hans of Iceland (Han d'Islande...

Hans Jonatan (12 April 1784 – 18 December 1827; also known as Hans Jónatan and Hans Jonathan) was an escaped slave, soldier, farmer and trader. His father...

beginning of World War II, Iceland was a sovereign kingdom in personal union with Denmark, with King Christian X as head of state. Iceland officially...

The Governor of Iceland was a position established by the Government of Denmark in 1684 that existed until 1872. In 1871, the Stöðulög bill was introduced...

was King of Denmark from 1912 until his death in 1947. He was also the only King of Iceland as Kristján X, holding the title as a result of the personal...

name was a tribute to Victor Hugo's novel Hans of Iceland, wherein the hero becomes the first of the Counts of Danneskjöld. In the published book, Danneskjöld...

This is a timeline of Icelandic history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Iceland and its predecessor states...

music of Iceland includes vibrant folk and pop traditions, as well as an active classical and contemporary music scene. Well-known artists from Iceland include...

that reach to the very center of the earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their Icelandic guide Hans rappel into Iceland's celebrated inactive volcano Snæfellsjökull...

year 1849 in Iceland. Monarch: Frederick VII of Denmark Prime Minister of Denmark: Adam Wilhelm Moltke Governor of Iceland: Matthias Hans Rosenørn Langabúð...

works of Robert Schumann (1886) Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1888) and Hans of Iceland (1891) Gratry, Guide to the knowledge of God, a study of the...

of musical bands from the country of Iceland. For listing of singers from Iceland, see List of Icelandic singers. For singer-songwriters from Iceland...

West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of the disputes ended with an Icelandic victory. Some Icelandic historians view...

a list of compositions by Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky. Note: The publication date is the first known date of publication, regardless of edition...

Hans Óttar Lindberg Tómasson (born 1 August 1981) is a Danish handball player of Icelandic descent for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team. He has...

magazine published in Icelandic is discontinued. Þorbjörg Sveinsdóttir, midwife and feminist. Páll Ólafsson, poet. 18 December: Hans Jonatan, escaped slave...

settlement of Iceland around the 870s, Iceland lacked a unitary legal system. Already around the year 930, the chiefs of the different regions of Iceland united...