Page 3: Historical Events In 1808
Friday, 11 July 2025
Jun 15 Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain in the year 1808.
Jun 16 On this day in history georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60
Jun 22 On this day in history zebulon Pike reaches his peak
Jun 24 Anna Caroline Oury, composer on this day in history.
Jun 27 Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide) on this day in history.
Jun 28 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican on this day in history.
Jul 02 On this day in history simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam
Jul 02 Simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam on this day in history.
Jul 05 Battle of Buenos Aires on this day in history.
Jul 15 French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples on this day in history.
Jul 15 Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) on this day in history.
Jul 20 In the year 1808 francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66
Jul 20 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Jul 28 Charles Lucas, composer in the year 1808.
Jul 28 On this day in history 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 In the year 1808 carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer
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 on this day in history.
Aug 17 Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain on this day in history.
Aug 21 On this day in history 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 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) in the year 1808.
Aug 29 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer on this day in history.
Aug 30 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1808.
Sep 13 In the year 1808 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.
Sep 15 On this day in history louis Clapisson, composer
Sep 25 On this day in history richard Porson, scholar, dies
Sep 26 Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.
Sep 27 On this day in history gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79
Sep 30 On this day in history covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
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