Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

Jun 15   Jozef Napoleon becomes king of Spain in the year 1808.   

Jun 16   Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1808 zebulon Pike reaches his peak   

Jun 24   In the year 1808 anna Caroline Oury, composer   

Jun 27   Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide) on this day in history.   

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

Jul 02   Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1808.   

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   On this day in history francois-Hippolyte Barthelemon, composer, dies at 66   

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

Jul 23   Spanish forces at Bailen force a French army of 18,000 under Gen Pierre Antoine Dupont, 43, to surrender July 23 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1808 charles Lucas, composer   

Jul 28   Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer on this day in history.   

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   Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer in the year 1808.   

Aug 13   On this day in history henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1808 louis Clapisson, composer   

Sep 25   Richard Porson, scholar, dies in the year 1808.   

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   In the year 1808 covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire   

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Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist   

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   Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history 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   John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732) died on this day in history.   

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

May 05   In the year 1808 death of pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist (b. 1757)   

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 on this day in history.