Svalbard From the timeline, The coal town
1920
The Mine 1 accident
A large accident in Mine 1 on 3 January 1920 was marked a hundred years later, in 2020.
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Tuesday 15 April 2025Before the Wire, which starts 26 October 2026Updated 23:59
Daylight 02:41 to 23:29, 20 h 48 min. Midnight sun from 19 April.
Svalbard Wire starts on 26 October 2026. Pages before that date show the history of the island.
The timeline by era
- 1596Discovery and whaling, 3 entries
- 1715Hunting and expeditions, 4 entries
- 1905The coal town, 6 entries
- 1920The Svalbard Treaty, 4 entries
- 1941War and rebuilding, 4 entries
- 1975The modern town, 3 entries
- 2015The present transition, 6 entries