1808 in Iceland
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Christian VII (Until 13 March 1808) Frederick VI[1] (onwards)
- Governors of Iceland: Frederik Christopher Trampe
Events
- 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
- 3 July: Konráð GÃslason, grammarian and philologist.[5]
