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1808 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1808
– The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
January 12, 1808
– The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
January 26, 1808
– Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
February 11, 1808
– Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
May 3, 1808
– Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are executed near Príncipe Pío hill.
June 6, 1808
– Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain.
June 15, 1808
– Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
July 8, 1808
– Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
October 14, 1808
– The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
December 20, 1808
– Peninsular War: The Siege of Zaragoza begins.
Who Were Born On 1808?
January 5, 1808
– Anton Füster, Austrian priest and revolutionary activist (d. 1881)
January 6, 1808
– Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
February 26, 1808
– Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
April 13, 1808
– Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1889)
July 15, 1808
– Henry Edward Manning, English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1892)
August 11, 1808
– William W. Chapman, American politician (d. 1892)
August 30, 1808
– Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
September 6, 1808
– Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri, Algerian political and military leader (d. 1883)
November 2, 1808
– Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
December 29, 1808
– Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)