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People: Vandino and Ugolino Vivaldi
Topic: Iceland: Famine of 1783
Location: Tîrgoviste Dimbovita Romania

Iceland: Famine of 1783

Years: 1783 - 1783

The 1783 famine in Iceland, caused by the Laki (volcano) eruption, kills one-fifth of Iceland's population.

“History is a vast early warning system.”

― Norman Cousins, Saturday Review, April 15, 1978