Icelandic War of Independence (English Iceland)

The Icelandic War of Independence began on August 1st, 1785 and finished on June 17th 1794. It's resulted in Iceland's Independence from Britain and the declaration of the Kingdom of Iceland only months later.

Prelude
After the Thirteen British colonies in North America gained independence only two years earlier in 1783 unrest started to grow in many areas of the British Empire including the United Kingdom. Iceland, which had been apart of the UK since its creation in 1707, was tired of inequality and little representation in the British Parliament. Protesters took to the streets of Statton (Iceland's capital) on Christmas Day, 1783, to make there point. The leader of the crowd was a low aristocrat named William Douglas.

Protests continued throughout 1784, at one point a protest turned violent after a British soldier fired to stop the Protesters. It went down hill from there. Martial law had to be introduced on the Island but it just got worse and worse. On July 23rd, 1785, the Icelandic People's Congress was formed. The Congress called on the Icelanders to raise arms against the British, this finally happened just over a week later on August 1st when a small group of rebels lead by William Douglas attacked a British camp just outside Statton, the Icelandic War of Independence had begun.