21st Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 17 June | Southern Iceland gets hit by two earthquakes, the prior 6.6 ML and the latter 6.5 ML. There were no fatalities but a few people were injured and there was some considerable damage to infrastructure. (to 21 June) |
| 2004 | 2 June | The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, refuses to sign a bill from the parliament for the first time in the nation's history. |
| 2005 | 23 March | Bobby Fischer moves to Iceland after having been granted an Icelandic passport and full citizenship. |
| 2006 | 30 September | The United States Army abandons the military base in Keflavík, thus ending a 55-year U.S. military presence in Iceland. |
| 2008 | September | Iceland faces financial crisis following the collapse of the country's 3 major commercial banks. |
| 2009 | 26 January | After months of rallies outside the parliament building the Icelandic government resigns. |
| 1 February | After the collapse of the Icelandic government, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir becomes the first female prime minister of Iceland and the world's first openly gay head of government of the modern era. | |
| 16 July | The parliament narrowly passes a bill authorising the government to apply for EU membership. | |
| 2010 | 5 January | The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, refuses to sign a bill from the parliament for the second time in the nation's history. |
| 20 March | Volcanic eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull. | |
| 2011 | 20 February | The president of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, refuses to sign a bill from the parliament for the third time in the nation's history. |
| 21 May | Volcanic eruption of the Grímsvötn. |
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Icelandic History
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