1808
1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
EventsJanuary 1 - Importation of slaves into the United States is bannedFebruary 11 - Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.February - Russia issues an ultimatum to Sweden, to join France, Denmark and Russia and attacks Finland. March 26 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII April 6 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company. May 2 - Peninsular War: The people of Madrid 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 fired near Príncipe Pío hill. 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 electionChange of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa IV (1807-1808) to Mahmud II (1808-1839) December - Napoleon invades SpainDecember 9 - At 20:34 UTC Mercury occulted Saturn. It was the pre-last occultation of a planet by an other planet until now. There are no observation records.
Ongoing events Napoleonic Wars
Births January 19 - Lysander Spooner, individualist anarchist (d. 1887) January 27 - David Strauss, German theologian (d. 1874) February 5 - Carl Spitzweg, painter (d. 1885) February 26 - Honoré Daumier, painter, illustrator, lithograph and sculptor (d. 1879) May 22 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855) June 3 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)June 17 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845) June 20 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, rabbi (d. 1888) July 9 - Alexander William Doniphan, lawyer and military leader from Missouri (d. 1887) 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) December 29 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
Deaths March 13 - King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749) May 18 - Elijah Craig, important to the invention of bourbon whiskey September 17 - Benjamin Bourne, politician (b. 1755)
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