Page 3: Historical Events In 1808

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

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

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

Jun 24   Anna Caroline Oury, composer in the year 1808.   

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   On this day in history simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam   

Jul 02   In the year 1808 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   On this day in history french marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples   

Jul 15   On this day in history henry Cole, promotor (Great Exhibition of 1851)   

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   In the year 1808 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1808 mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1808 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) in the year 1808.   

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain in the year 1808.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Aug 30   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 1808 louis Clapisson, composer   

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

Sep 26   On this day in history pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51   

Sep 27   In the year 1808 gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79   

Sep 30   On this day in history covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire   

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Jan 06   In the year 1808 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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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   Joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739) died in the year 1808.   

Mar 13   On this day in history death of king Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)   

Apr 25   In the year 1808 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.