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The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily ... Reykjavik view during sunrise Reykjavík ... Latin America and the Caribbean: 213: 0 ...
Oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in North America. Founded in 1613 as Bermuda City by Thomas Dale. 1614: Albany, New York: New York: United States: Oldest US settlement north of Virginia and second oldest state or territorial capital in the continental United States, incorporated 1686 1614 Sirinhaém: Pernambuco: Brazil
1972 – World Chess Championship 1972 held in city. [4] 1974 – Population: 84,589. [16] 1975 – 24 October: Women's rights demonstration. [4] 1981 – House of Commerce built. 1986 August: City bicentennial. [4] October: USSR–USA summit held in city. [4] 9 November: Ships sunk in Reykjavík Harbor by environmentalist Sea Shepherd ...
Hallgrímskirkja (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhatl̥ˌkrimsˌcʰɪr̥ca], Church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland.At 74.5 metres (244 ft) tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and among the tallest structures in the country. [1]
Oldest English-founded city in North America, [7] seasonal until c. 1630 1508 Caparra: Puerto Rico: United States 1509 Sevilla la Nueva: Seville, St. Ann's Bay: Jamaica: Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish governor of Jamaica, St Ann's Bay was the third capital established by Spain in the Americas. 1510 Nombre de Dios: Colón: Panama
The 1796 Treaty of Tripoli, which was ratified by the U.S. Senate and signed by President John Adams, explicitly states that “the government of the United States of America is not in any sense ...
John of God, O.H. (Portuguese: João de Deus; Spanish: Juan de Dios; born João Duarte Cidade [ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ duˈwaɾ.t siˈða.ðɨ]; March 8, 1495 – March 8, 1550) was a Portuguese soldier turned healthcare worker in Spain, whose followers later formed the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, a Catholic religious institute dedicated to the care of the poor, sick and those with mental ...
Landakotskirkja (transl. Landakot's Church), officially named Basilika Krists konungs (transl. The Basilica of Christ the King) and often referred to as Kristskirkja (transl. Christ's Church), is a Catholic basilica in the western part of the Icelandic capital of Reykjavík and is the cathedral of the Diocese of Reykjavík.