Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

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

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

Jun 22   Zebulon Pike reaches his peak in the year 1808.   

Jun 24   Anna Caroline Oury, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 27   In the year 1808 everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide)   

Jun 28   In the year 1808 cristina di Trivulzio di Belgioioso, Italian princess/politican   

Jul 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history battle of Buenos Aires   

Jul 15   French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples in the year 1808.   

Jul 15   Henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 20   On this day in history napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names   

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   On this day in history charles Lucas, composer   

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   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   William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) in the year 1808.   

Aug 10   Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer in the year 1808.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Aug 30   On this day in history joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83   

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

Sep 26   Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1808.   

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 in the year 1808.   

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

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 in the year 1808.   

Jan 27   In the year 1808 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   In the year 1808 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   In the year 1808 death of joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739)   

Mar 13   King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) died on this day in history.   

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

May 05   On this day in history death of pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757)   

May 18   In the year 1808 jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49   

May 28   In the year 1808 death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)