Historical Events In 1808
Sunday, 24 September 2023
Jun 15 Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain in the year 1808.
Jun 16 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1808.
Jun 22 In the year 1808 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 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 French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples in the year 1808.
Jul 15 Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) in the year 1808.
Jul 20 Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1808.
Jul 20 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names on this day in history.
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 On this day in history charles Lucas, composer
Jul 28 Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries
Aug 17 On this day in history 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) on this day in history.
Aug 29 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
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