16th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1501 | English merchants plunder Bessastaðir. | |
| 1513 | Leiðarhólmsskrá. | |
| 1522 | Sveinsstaðafundur. | |
| 1539 | Gissur Einarsson is made bishop | |
| 1541 | The Skálholt see turns Lutheran. | |
| 1550 | Bishop Jón Arason and his sons are beheaded in Skálholt. | |
| 1551 | The Hólar see turns Lutheran. | |
| 1559 | The English are driven from Vestmannaeyjar. | |
| 1571 | Guðbrandur Þorláksson becomes bishop of Hólar. | |
| 1584 | Guðbrandsbiblía, the first Icelandic bible, is published. |
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