Historical Events In 1808

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

Jun 16   Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1808.  

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   Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam in the year 1808.  

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

Jul 05   On this day in history battle of Buenos Aires  

Jul 15   French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1808 charles Lucas, composer  

Jul 28   Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey on this day in history.  

Jul 29   Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies in the year 1808.  

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

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) in the year 1808.  

Aug 10   In the year 1808 carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer  

Aug 13   Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1808.  

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

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   In the year 1808 louis Clapisson, composer  

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

Sep 26   On this day in history pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51  

Sep 27   Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79 in the year 1808.  

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 in the year 1808.  

Jan 12   In the year 1808 birth of paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer  

Jan 13   Salmon P Chase, (Sen-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73) was born in the year 1808.  

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

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   Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies in the year 1808.  

Feb 14   In the year 1808 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   In the year 1808 death of king Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)  

Apr 25   Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1808 death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)