Events in the year 1818 in Iceland.
Incumbents
Monarch: Frederick VI Governor of Iceland: Johan Carl Thuerecht von Castenschiold
Events
Landsbókasafn Íslands, the former National Library of Iceland is established at the instigation of Danish antiquarian Carl Christian Rafn and the Icelandic Literary Society. Klausturpósturinn, the first monthly publication to be published in the Icelandic language begins printing at Beitistaðir.
Births
Jón Thoroddsen elder, poet.
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