Timeline of Icelandic history
This is a timeline of Icelandic history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Iceland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of Iceland.
11th century
15th century
16th century
| Year | 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. |