Year
1808 (
MDCCCVIII) was a
leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1808
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December
Undated
Ongoing events
Births
January - June
- January 6 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
- January 19 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
- January 27 - David Strauss, German theologian (d. 1874)
- February 5 - Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
- February 26 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
- April 20 - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (d. 1873)
- May 22 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
- June 3 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States (d. 1889)
- June 16 - James Frederick Ferrier, scottish metaphysical writer and philosopher
- June 17 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
- June 20 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
July - December
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Deaths
January - June
July - December
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Upper Paleolithic - 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
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19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
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- 1783 First manned hot air balloon invented in France.
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- End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815).
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1808 in archaeology.
See also: 1807 in archaeology, other events of 1808, 1809 in archaeology and the list of years in archaeology.
Explorations
Excavations
Finds
Publications
- Nummi aegyptii imperatorii, by Jörgen Zoega.
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1808.
Events
February events
- February 8 - The Washington Bridge Company is granted authority in Washington, D.C.
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Incumbents
Governors
Governors of the Australian colonies:
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Events
- David Thompson explores Kootenay River.
- Simon Fraser follows Fraser River to the Pacific.
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Events
- The settlement of Clanwilliam is established
- The slave trade is abolished.
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1808 | 1809 | 1810 Events from the year
1808 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
- Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister
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