Early Modern era · 1615
Slaying of the Basques
The Slaying of the Basques (known historically as the Slaying of the Spaniards, and also known as the Basque Killings; Icelandic: Baskavígin [baskaˌvijɪn]) was the last documented massacre in Icelandic history. A party of Basque whalers went on a whaling expedition to Iceland and were killed after a conflict in 1615 with local people in the region of the Westfjords.
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- When
- 1615
- Where
- Westfjords
- Era
- Early Modern
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