Notable Historical Events - 1808
1808 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
African Benevolent Society (education) forms |
Jan 1 |
Congress prohibits importation of slaves |
Jan 1 |
Sierra Leone becomes a British colony |
Jan 10 |
Herman Daendels succeeds A Wiese as gov-gen of Neth Indies |
Jan 12 |
The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. |
Jan 19 |
Louis Napoleon signs 1st Dutch aviation law |
Jan 26 |
Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. |
Feb 11 |
Anthracite coal 1st burned as fuel, experimentally, Wilkes-Barre, Pa |
Mar 2 |
The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh. |
Mar 6 |
1st college orchestra in US founded, at Harvard |
Mar 7 |
Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro |
Mar 23 |
Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain |
Mar 26 |
Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII. |
Mar 27 |
Joseph Haydn's oratorio "Die Schopfung" premieres in Vienna |
Mar 31 |
French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names |
Apr 6 |
John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company. |
Apr 8 |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore was promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII. |
Apr 9 |
Mayor Wolters offers French King Louis Napoleon townhall as a palace |
Apr 13 |
William Henry Lane ("Juda") perfects tap dance |
Apr 17 |
Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships |
Apr 30 |
1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri |
May 2 |
Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid |
May 3 |
Day depicted by Spanish painter Goya in his "The of 3rd of May" (painted 1814) |
May 3 |
Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. |
May 3 |
Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill. |
May 30 |
Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate |
Jun 1 |
1st US land-grant university founded-Ohio Univ, Athens, Ohio |
Jun 5 |
-6] Battle at Wagram: French army beats Austrians |
Jun 15 |
Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain. |
Jun 22 |
Zebulon Pike reaches his peak |
Jul 2 |
Simon Fraser completes his trip down Fraser R, BC, lands at Musqueam |
Jul 5 |
Battle of Buenos Aires |
Jul 15 |
French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples |
Jul 20 |
Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names |
Jul 28 |
Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey |
Aug 17 |
Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain |
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. |
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. |
Sep 30 |
Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire |
Oct 17 |
Political rights of Jews suspended in Duchy of Warsaw |
Oct 31 |
Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain |
Nov 10 |
Osage Treaty signed |
Dec 7 |
James Madison elected 4th US President and George Clinton Vice-President |
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