1808 in Iceland

none 1808 Iceland Flag of Denmark.svg 90px Other events in 1808Timeline of Icelandic history Events in the year 1808 in Iceland. Incumbents Monarch: Christian VII (Until 13 March 1808) Frederick VI2023-04-23 Frederik 6. lex.dk https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Frederik_6. 2024-06-07 Dansk Biografisk Leksikon da (onwards) Governors of Iceland: Frederik Christopher Trampe Events 13 March: Frederick VI becomes King, following the death of his father Christian VII.Frederik the Heir Presumptive The Royal Danish Collection https://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/rosenborg/person/frederik-the-heir-presumptive/ 2024-07-05 www.kongernessamling.dk en-US 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.History Military 2023-09-14 Victory in Iberia: The Peninsular War, 1808-1814 The Past https://the-past.com/feature/victory-in-iberia-the-peninsular-war-1808-1814/ 2024-07-05 the-past.com en-GB The British naturalist William Hooker traveled around Iceland for the first time.Íslendingar árið 1811 – í augum útlendings – Ferlir https://ferlir.is/islendingar-arid-1811-i-augum-utlendings-2/ 2024-07-05 is Births 3 July: Konráð Gíslason, grammarian and philologist.Gíslason Konraður http://archive.org/details/fireogfyrretyve01gsgoog Fire og fyrretyve for en stor deel forhen utrykte prøver af oldnordisk sprog og literatur 1860 Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendalske boghandling (F. Hegel) Oxford University References 1808 Category:1800s in Iceland Category:1808 in Denmark Category:Years of the 19th century in Iceland Iceland Iceland