and Orkney. 1540 – Land which belonged to the church now became property of the Danish king (kongsjørð). The land was leased by Faroese peasants. 17th century Since around 1600 – The Faroese language can be distinguished as a separate language. 1629 – Slave raid of Suðuroy 18th century 1709 – The Danish Royal Trade Monopoly in the Faroe Islands is founded. 1720 – The Faroe Islands becomes a county of Denmark as part of Sjælland province. 1724 – The Faroe Islands is combined with Iceland into a single province. 1775 – The Faroe Islands are administratively split from Iceland. 19th century 1816 – The Parliament is discarded. Since 1709 only one store was in the Faroe Islands, it was located in Tórshavn and belonged to the Danish royal trade monopoly, nobody else was allowed to trade in the Faroes. In the 1830s three stores which belonged to or were under control of the royal trade monopoly opened in the villages Vestmanna, Tvøroyri and Klaksvík. 1852 – The Parliament is re-established. 1856 – The Danish royal trade monopoly abolished. 1888 – The Christmas Meeting (Jólafundurin), the start of a cultural movement and indirectly the start of modern Faroese politics. 1889 – In March a play was performed in Faroese language for the first time. The play was called Veðurføst (it means something like: got stuck due to bad weather) and was written by Súsanna Helena Patursson. 1894 – The industrial revolution reaches the Faroes, with the arrival of commercial whaling, the first actual factory is built at Gjánoyri in 1901. 1899 – On 5 November the Føroya Fólkaháskúli (Faroese Folk high school) was founded in Klaksvík, here the Faroese people could learn how to read and write in Faroese language, which they could not in the public schools, where Danish was the only language teachers were allowed to use. Ten years later the school was moved to Tórshavn. 20th century 1906 – The political party Sambandsflokkurin (Union Party) was founded. 1906 – The political party Sjálvstýrisflokkurin (Self-Government Party) was founded. 1919 – The Flag of the Faroe Islands is created by Faroese students in Copenhagen, it was raised in the village Fámjin later the same year. 1938 – Faroese language is now allowed as teaching language in the Faroese schools. 1939 – Faroese language is now allowed to use in the churches of the Faroes (Fólkakirkjan, state church) 1940 13