1808

Year 1808 (''' MDCCCVIII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian Calendar ).

EVENTS OF 1808

January - March

January 1 - Importation of Slaves into the United States is banned; this is also the earliest day under the United States Constitution that an Amendment could be made restricting slavery.

of New South Wales , disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the "Rum Corps") overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.

February - Russia issues an ultimatum to Sweden , to join France , Denmark and Russia and attacks Finland .

February 2 - French troops occupy Papal States (Vatican).

mutineer was still alive, Alexander Smith ( John Adams ).

February 11 - Anthracite coal first burned as fuel by Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre , PA. Discovery leads to use of coal as key fuel source of America's Industrial Revolution .

February 21 - Russia n troops cross border to Finland without Declaration Of War - the Finnish War begins

March 2 - Russian troops occupy Helsinki and threaten Sveaborg

March 11 - Russian troops occupy Tampere

March 22 - Russian troops occupy Turku

March 26 - Charles IV Of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII

April - June

April 6 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company .

April 13 - Antonio Meucci is born

April 16 - Troops under colonel Carl Von Döbeln clash with Russian troops in Pyhäjoki , Finland

uprise against the French troops.

May 3 :

--- The fortress of Sveaborg is lost by Sweden to Russia , during the Finnish War .

--- Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who uprose on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.

June 12 - Landing of Swedish troops to Ala-Lemu fails

June 19 - Second landing of Swedish troops fails in Ala-Lemu

June 22 - French General Dupont surrenders to Spanish irregular forces following the Battle Of Bailén .

July - September

July 5 - Battle Of Buenos Aires - local Hispanic forces repel the British army.

July 14 - Troops under colonel Adlercreutz force Russians to withdraw in Lapua

August 10 - Troops under Carl Von Döbeln defeat Russian attack in Kauhajoki

August 21 - British troops under Duke Of Wellington defeat French under General Junot at the Battle Of Vimiero

September 29 - Truce between Swedish and Russian troops in Finland. It ended on October 19 of the same year.

October - December

November 19 - New truce ends fighting in Finland

November 23 - French Marshal Lannes defeats a Spanish army at the Battle Of Tudela

November - Swedish troops evacuate Finland . Tsar Alexander I Of Russia proclaims Finland a part of Russia .

November - James Madison defeats Charles C. Pinckney in U.S. Presidential Election

December - Napoleon invades Spain

Occults Saturn . There are no observation records.

December 20 - The original Covent Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.

December 22 - Ludwig Van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater An Der Wien , Vienna , with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony , Sixth Symphony , and Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself).

Undated

British siege of Mauritius begins.

Change of Emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa IV ( 1807 -1808) to Mahmud II (1808- 1839 )

Academy Of Fine Arts, Munich founded

Ongoing events

Napoleonic Wars

Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812

BIRTHS

January - June

January 6 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy , American naval officer (d. 1864 )

January 19 - Lysander Spooner , American philosopher (d. 1887 )

January 27 - David Strauss , German theologian (d. 1874 )

February 5 - Carl Spitzweg , German painter (d. 1885 )

February 26 - Honoré Daumier , French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879 )

April 20 - Napoleon III , Emperor of the French (d. 1873 )

May 22 - Gérard De Nerval , French writer (d. 1855 )

June 3 - Jefferson Davis , President Of The Confederate States (d. 1889 )

June 16 - James Frederick Ferrier , Scottish Metaphysical Writer and Philosopher

June 17 - Henrik Wergeland , Norwegian author (d. 1845 )

June 20 - Samson Raphael Hirsch , German rabbi (d. 1888 )

July - December

July 9 - Alexander William Doniphan , American lawyer and military leader (d. 1887 )

September 13 - Saverio Bettinelli , Italian writer (b. 1718 )

September 29 - Henry Bennett , American politician (d. 1868 )

October 6 - King Frederick VII Of Denmark (d. 1863 )

October 20 - Karl Andree , German geographer (d. 1875 )

November 1 - John Taylor , American religious leader (d. 1887 )

November 2 - Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly , French writer (d. 1889 )

December 29 - Andrew Johnson , 17th President Of The United States (d. 1875 )

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DEATHS

January - June

February 14 - John Dickinson , American lawyer and governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732 )

March 13 - King Christian VII Of Denmark (b. 1749 )

May 18 - Elijah Craig , American minister and inventor

May 28 - Richard Hurd , English bishop and writer (b. 1720 )

April - Omie Wise , Subject of a Murder Ballad (b. 1789 )

July - December

September 3 - John Montgomery , American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1722 )

September 5 - John Home , Scottish writer (b. 1722 )

September 6 - Louis-Pierre Anquetil , French historian (b. 1723 )

September 17 - Benjamin Bourne , American politician (b. 1755 )

November 10 - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester , British soldier and governor of Quebec (b. 1724 )

November 17 - David Zeisberger , Moravian missionary (b. 1721 )

Theophilus Lindsey , English theologian (b. 1723 )

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