Lex Anteinternet: Sunday, August 2, 1874. A new Icelandic Constitution.

Friday, August 2, 2024

Sunday, August 2, 1874. A new Icelandic Constitution.

Danish King Christian IX handed a new constitution to the Icelandic parliament granting it more independence, but not independence. He also asked for every church on the island, all Lutheran, to hold a service in honor of the event. As it was Sunday, they all would have held services in any event.

The date is widely observed in Icelandic communities in North America, but not on Iceland.

A further advance towards independence would come in 1918, when the Danish Kingdom of Iceland was established, and the island declared independence in 1944.

Last edition:

Thursday, July 23, 1874. Custer on Inyan Kara.

Labels: 1870s, 1874, Army, Black Hills, Blog Mirror, cavalry, Frontier Wyoming, George A. Custer, The Frontier West

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This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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