1808 in Iceland
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Events in the year 1808 in Iceland.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch: Christian VII (Until 13 March 1808) Frederick VI[1] (onwards)
- Governors of Iceland: Frederik Christopher Trampe
Events
[edit]- 13 March: Frederick VI becomes King, following the death of his father Christian VII.[2]
- Napoleonic Wars: English raiders arrived, after sinking or capturing most of the Danish-Norwegian Navy in the Battle of Copenhagen, the amount of gunpowder in Iceland was so small that the governor of Iceland, Count Trampe, could not offer any resistance.[3]
- The British naturalist William Hooker traveled around Iceland for the first time.[4]
Births
[edit]- 3 July: Konráð Gíslason, grammarian and philologist.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Frederik 6. | lex.dk". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). 2023-04-23. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "Frederik the Heir Presumptive | The Royal Danish Collection". www.kongernessamling.dk. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ History, Military (2023-09-14). "Victory in Iberia: The Peninsular War, 1808-1814 | The Past". the-past.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ "Íslendingar árið 1811 – í augum útlendings – Ferlir" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ Gíslason, Konraður (1860). Fire og fyrretyve for en stor deel forhen utrykte prøver af oldnordisk sprog og literatur. Oxford University. Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendalske boghandling (F. Hegel).
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