Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

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

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

Jun 22   Zebulon Pike reaches his peak on this day in history.   

Jun 24   In the year 1808 anna Caroline Oury, composer   

Jun 27   On this day in history everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide)   

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

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

Jul 02   In the year 1808 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   In the year 1808 henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851)   

Jul 20   In the year 1808 francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 20   In the year 1808 napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names   

Jul 23   On this day in history 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 in the year 1808.   

Jul 29   On this day in history selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies   

Jul 31   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer in the year 1808.   

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   On this day in history william Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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   In the year 1808 a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries   

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   On this day in history benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

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

Aug 30   Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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   Louis Clapisson, composer in the year 1808.   

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

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

Sep 27   On this day in history gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79   

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

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

Jan 11   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer was born on this day in history.   

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   David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) was born in the year 1808.   

Feb 04   On this day in history birth of josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856)   

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.   

May 28   Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) died on this day in history.