Historical Events In 1808
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Jun 15 Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain on this day in history.
Jun 16 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Jun 22 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak in the year 1808.
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 Cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican on this day in history.
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 Battle of Buenos Aires in the year 1808.
Jul 15 On this day in history french marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples
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 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names in the year 1808.
Jul 23 Spanish forces at Bailen force a French army of 18,000 under Gen Pierre Antoine Dupont, 43, to surrender July 23 in the year 1808.
Jul 28 Charles Lucas, composer on this day in history.
Jul 28 Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey in the year 1808.
Jul 29 Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies in the year 1808.
Jul 31 In the year 1808 frederick Nichols Crouch, composer
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 Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 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 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 Louis Clapisson, composer in the year 1808.
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 On this day in history covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
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