1807 in Iceland
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Events in the year 1807 in Iceland.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- Trade with Denmark and Norway ends due to the invasion of the British during the Napoleonic Wars and their capture of the neutral Danish fleet at Copenhagen, they had credible intel that Napoleon using the Continental System was going to seize that fleet and invade Great Britain.[1]
- Grímsvötn erupts.[2]
Births
[edit]- 16 November: Jónas Hallgrímsson, poet, writer and naturalist.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Skancke, Kristian Husvik (2010). The Napoleonic Wars in Finnmark 1807 - 1814. Museum of Reconstruction. ISBN 978-82-997554-4-3.
- ^ Björnsson, Helgi (2016-10-04). The Glaciers of Iceland: A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview. Springer. ISBN 978-94-6239-207-6.
- ^ "Forsíða - Jónas Hallgrímsson". jonashallgrimsson.is. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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