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Historical Event(s)
– Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
– The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
– Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
– Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
– Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
– 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.
– 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.
– French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
– Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
– Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
Who Were Born On ?
– Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
– Salmon P. Chase, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
– Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem (d. 1856)
– Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
– Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d. 1871)
– Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836)
– Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
– John Taylor, American religious figure (d. 1887)
– Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
– Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)