Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

Jun 15   Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1808 georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60   

Jun 22   In the year 1808 zebulon Pike reaches his peak   

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

Jun 27   Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide) in the year 1808.   

Jun 28   Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican in the year 1808.   

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

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

Jul 05   Battle of Buenos Aires on this day in history.   

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

Jul 15   Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) in the year 1808.   

Jul 20   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey in the year 1808.   

Jul 29   In the year 1808 selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies   

Jul 31   On this day in history frederick Nichols Crouch, composer   

Aug 01   In the year 1808 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   On this day in history william Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 10   Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1808.   

Aug 24   Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) in the year 1808.   

Aug 29   Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer in the year 1808.   

Aug 30   In the year 1808 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 in the year 1808.   

Sep 15   Louis Clapisson, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1808 richard Porson, scholar, dies   

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

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

Sep 30   In the year 1808 covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)   

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

Jan 27   In the year 1808 birth of david F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)   

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   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 in the year 1808.   

Mar 13   King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) died in the year 1808.   

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

May 05   On this day in history 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   Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.