Although Iceland was discovered in 860, it was not until 874 that it would have its first permanent settler.
860 Naddor discovers Iceland.
He was heading to the Faroe Islands but drifted off course and landed near Reyarfjorur in Iceland. As he returned to his boat it started to snow and thereby he reputedly named the land Snland (lit. Snowland). Gararr Svavarsson discovers Iceland.
Blown from a storm near the Orkney Islands. He circumnavigated Iceland, thus the first to establish that the landmass was an island. He stayed for one winter in Skjalfandi. He praised the new land and called it Gararsholmi (lit. Garar's Islet). 874 Ingolfr Arnarson becomes the first permanent Nordic settler of Iceland. The settlement of Iceland begins. 
