Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

Jun 15   On this day in history jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain   

Jun 16   On this day in history georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60   

Jun 22   In the year 1808 zebulon Pike reaches his peak   

Jun 24   In the year 1808 anna Caroline Oury, composer   

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

Jun 28   On this day in history cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican   

Jul 02   In the year 1808 simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam   

Jul 02   On this day in history simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam   

Jul 05   In the year 1808 battle of Buenos Aires   

Jul 15   On this day in history french marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples   

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

Jul 20   Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names in the year 1808.   

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   Charles Lucas, composer in the year 1808.   

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 in the year 1808.   

Jul 31   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history 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   

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   In the year 1808 henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81   

Aug 15   On this day in history a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries   

Aug 17   Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain in the year 1808.   

Aug 21   In the year 1808 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.   

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

Aug 29   In the year 1808 hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

Aug 30   Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1808.   

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 in the year 1808.   

Sep 15   In the year 1808 louis Clapisson, composer   

Sep 25   On this day in history richard Porson, scholar, dies   

Sep 26   Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1808.   

Sep 27   Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Sep 30   On this day in history covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire   

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Jan 06   Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 was born in the year 1808.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer   

Jan 13   In the year 1808 birth of salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)   

Jan 27   On this day in history birth of david F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)   

Feb 04   Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856) was born in the year 1808.   

Jan 08   Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history death of john Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)   

Mar 09   Joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739) died on this day in history.   

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

Apr 25   On this day in history alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66   

May 05   In the year 1808 death of pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757)   

May 18   Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49 in the year 1808.   

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