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Historical Event(s)
– The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
– The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
– John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America’s first millionaire.
– 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.
– Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte is crowned King of Spain.
– Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
– 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
– 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 ?
– Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
– Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright, author of the Czech national anthem (d. 1856)
– Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d. 1871)
– David Swinson Maynard, American frontiersman and physician (d. 1873)
– Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (d. 1889)
– Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (d. 1896)
– Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
– Henry Edward Manning, English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1892)
– Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri, Algerian political and military leader (d. 1883)
– Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)