Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

Jun 15   On this day in history jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain   

Jun 16   In the year 1808 georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 20   Francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1808.   

Jul 20   Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names on this day in history.   

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

Jul 31   On this day in history frederick Nichols Crouch, composer   

Aug 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1808 carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer   

Aug 13   In the year 1808 henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81   

Aug 15   On this day in history a British mission to Japan arrives but the Tokugawa shogun Ienari rejects the emissaries   

Aug 17   Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain in the year 1808.   

Aug 21   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 in the year 1808.   

Aug 24   Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

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   On this day in history louis Clapisson, composer   

Sep 25   On this day in history richard Porson, scholar, dies   

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

Sep 27   Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Sep 30   Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

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Jan 06   On this day in history birth of joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of jacob Ammen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1894   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of david F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)   

Feb 04   Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem(d. 1856) was born in the year 1808.   

Jan 08   Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 14   John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) died in the year 1808.   

Mar 09   On this day in history death of joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739)   

Mar 13   On this day in history 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   Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757) died on this day in history.   

May 18   On this day in history jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49   

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