Icelandic conquest. In 874, ingólfur arnarson landed at present-day ingólfshöfði, then sailed along the coast and settled at the site of today's capital. He named the place reykjavík, which means smoky bay. He had many followers, over the next 50 years more and more people came from norway, but at the same time, irish and scots also settled on the island. After these settlements, another significant population did not arrive on the island. In 1874, it received its own constitution. Date: 1877.
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