Historical Events In 1808

Jun 15   In the year 1808 jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain  

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 in the year 1808.  

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   In the year 1808 french marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples  

Jul 15   Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jul 28   On this day in history charles Lucas, composer  

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   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   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   Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1808.  

Aug 15   A British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries on this day in history.  

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

Aug 29   On this day in history hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer  

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

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1808 richard Porson, scholar, dies  

Sep 26   In the year 1808 pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51  

Sep 27   In the year 1808 gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79  

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 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   In the year 1808 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 in the year 1808.  

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

Feb 14   In the year 1808 death of john Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)  

Mar 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1808 alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66  

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

May 18   On this day in history 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)