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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 05   Battle of Buenos Aires on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history french marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples   

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

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   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   Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey on this day in history.   

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   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   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   On this day in history napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain   

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   Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) in the year 1808.   

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   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   In the year 1808 louis Clapisson, composer   

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

Sep 26   Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 30   Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire in the year 1808.   

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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   Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist was born in the year 1808.   

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   In the year 1808 birth of lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)   

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   On this day in history messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies   

Feb 14   In the year 1808 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   King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) died in the year 1808.   

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

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