1980 Event
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Iceland elects the world’s first woman head of state by direct universal suffrage.
Meanwhile, elsewhere
Within twenty-five years of 1980 — the context national timelines leave out.- same year Solidarity Poland
- 2 years earlier Democratic constitution of Spain Spain
- 5 years later Schengen Agreement
- 6 years earlier Carnation Revolution Portugal
- 6 years earlier Division of the island Cyprus
- 8 years later Singing Revolution Estonia
- 9 years later Velvet Revolution Czechia
- 9 years later December revolution Romania
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