Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

Jun 15   Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain in the year 1808.   

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   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   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   French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples in the year 1808.   

Jul 15   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1808.   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1808 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

Aug 10   On this day in history carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer   

Aug 13   Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Aug 15   A British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries in the year 1808.   

Aug 17   In the year 1808 napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain   

Aug 21   In the year 1808 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   In the year 1808 benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

Aug 29   In the year 1808 hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 25   Richard Porson, scholar, dies on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1808 birth of antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist   

Jan 12   Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer was born in the year 1808.   

Jan 13   In the year 1808 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   On this day in history birth of david F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)   

Feb 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history death of john Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)   

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

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   On this day in history death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)