Timeline of The Faroe Islands - 1300s

1300s

  • around 1300 - Beginning of the Saint Magnus Cathedral in Kirkjubøur. It was never finished, but is still the main historical building of the country.
  • 1302 - The prohibition against the Hanseatic League is renewed by Norway.
  • around 1303 - Bishop Erlendur is forced to leave the Faroes.
  • around 1349 - The Black Death reaches the Faroes - a third of the population (estimated at least 1000 of 3000) dies.
  • 1350 - The Dog Letter (Hundabrævið) becomes law.
  • 1361 - The Hanseatic trade is legalized under the same conditions as of the business people from Bergen.
  • 1397 - Within the Kalmar Union, the Faroes remain under Norway's rule.

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