Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

Jun 15   Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain in the year 1808.   

Jun 16   Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Zebulon Pike reaches his peak on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Anna Caroline Oury, composer in the year 1808.   

Jun 27   On this day in history everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide)   

Jun 28   Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican on this day in history.   

Jul 02   Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam on this day in history.   

Jul 02   Simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam in the year 1808.   

Jul 05   In the year 1808 battle of Buenos Aires   

Jul 15   French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples on this day in history.   

Jul 15   In the year 1808 henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851)   

Jul 20   On this day in history francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 20   In the year 1808 napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names   

Jul 23   Spanish forces at Bailen force a French army of 18,000 under Gen Pierre Antoine Dupont, 43, to surrender July 23 in the year 1808.   

Jul 28   In the year 1808 charles Lucas, composer   

Jul 28   In the year 1808 mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey   

Jul 29   Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer in the year 1808.   

Aug 01   British forces invade Portugal under Sir Arthur Wellesley, they defeat Gen Dupont August 21, but Wellesley's superiors prevent him from following up his victory in the year 1808.   

Aug 09   William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer in the year 1808.   

Aug 13   On this day in history henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81   

Aug 15   A British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries in the year 1808.   

Aug 17   In the year 1808 napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain   

Aug 21   Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1808 benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

Aug 29   Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83   

Sep 13   Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero on this day in history.   

Sep 15   On this day in history louis Clapisson, composer   

Sep 25   Richard Porson, scholar, dies in the year 1808.   

Sep 26   Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79 in the year 1808.   

Sep 30   Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

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Jan 06   Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864) was born in the year 1808.   

Jan 07   Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1808 birth of paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer   

Jan 13   Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73) was born in the year 1808.   

Jan 19   Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 27   David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) was born in the year 1808.   

Feb 04   In the year 1808 birth of josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856)   

Jan 08   In the year 1808 messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

Feb 14   John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) died on this day in history.   

Mar 09   In the year 1808 death of joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739)   

Mar 13   In the year 1808 death of king Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)   

Apr 25   Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1808.   

May 05   Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757) died on this day in history.   

May 18   In the year 1808 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49   

May 28   On this day in history death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)