1808

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1805 1806 1807 - 1808 - 1809 1810 1811

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1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 1 - Importation of slaves into the United States is banned
February - Russia issues an ultimatum to Sweden, to join France, Denmark and Russia and attacks Finland.
February 2 - French troops occupy Papal States (Vatican)
February 11 - Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.
February 21 - Russian troops cross border to Finland without declaration of war - the Finnish War begins
March 2 - Russian troops occupy Helsinki and threaten Sveaborg
March 11 - Russian troops occupy Tampere
March 22 - Russian troops occupy Turku
March 26 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII
April 6 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
April 16 - Troops under colonel Carl von Döbeln clash with Russian troops in Pyhäjoki, Finland
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.
June 12 - Landing of Swedish troops to Ala-Lemu fails
June 19 - Second landing of Swedish troops fails in Ala-Lemu
July 5 - Battle of Buenos Aires - locals repel the British troops
July 14 - Troops under colonel Adlercreutz force Russians to withdraw in Lapua
August 10 - Troops under Carl von Döbeln defeat Russian attack in Kauhajoki
August 21 - Battle of Vimiero - British troops under Duke of Wellington defeat French under general Junot
September 29-October 19 - Truce between Swedish and Russian troops in Finland
November 19 - New truce ends fighting in Finland
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 election
December - Napoleon invades Spain
December 9 - At 20:34 UTC Mercury occults Saturn. It was the pre-last occultation of a planet by an other planet until now. There are no observation records.