Page 3: 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   On this day in history zebulon Pike reaches his peak   

Jun 24   Anna Caroline Oury, composer in the year 1808.   

Jun 27   In the year 1808 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   Simon Fraser completes his trip down the Fraser River , BC, and lands at Musqueam in the year 1808.   

Jul 05   On this day in history battle of Buenos Aires   

Jul 15   In the year 1808 french marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples   

Jul 15   Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) in the year 1808.   

Jul 20   Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names in the year 1808.   

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   Charles Lucas, composer in the year 1808.   

Jul 28   On this day in history mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey   

Jul 29   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Aug 09   In the year 1808 william Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 10   Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 17   Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1808 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 in the year 1808.   

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   On this day in history covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire   

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Jan 06   In the year 1808 birth of joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)   

Jan 07   Jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 was born in the year 1808.   

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

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   David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) was born on this day in history.   

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   King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) died in the year 1808.   

Apr 25   In the year 1808 alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66   

May 05   Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757) died on this day in history.   

May 18   Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49 in the year 1808.   

May 28   Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) died in the year 1808.