What happened in 1808?

Peninsular War begins

Major Events · Madrid, Spain

Napoleon's invasion of Spain and Portugal sparks a brutal war and widespread guerrilla resistance.

Finnish War

Wars & Conflicts

1808–1809 war between Russia and Sweden

Battle of Bailén

Wars & Conflicts · Bailén

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Somosierra

Wars & Conflicts · Somosierra

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Dano-Swedish War of 1808-1809

Wars & Conflicts · Scandinavia

War

Battle of Tudela

Wars & Conflicts · Tudela

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Vimeiro

Wars & Conflicts · Vimeiro

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Second Siege of Zaragoza

Wars & Conflicts · Zaragoza

1808-1809 siege of the Peninsular War

Battle of Medina de Rioseco

Wars & Conflicts · Medina de Rioseco

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Roliça

Wars & Conflicts

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battles of El Bruch

Wars & Conflicts · El Bruc

1808 battles during the Peninsular War

Battle of Espinosa

Wars & Conflicts · Espinosa de los Monteros

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

First Siege of Zaragoza

Wars & Conflicts · Zaragoza

1808 Siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Cabezón

Wars & Conflicts · Cabezón de Pisuerga

1808 battle in Peninsular War

Battle of Balmaseda

Wars & Conflicts · Balmaseda

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Gerona

Wars & Conflicts · Girona

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Burgos

Wars & Conflicts · Gamonal

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Sahagún

Wars & Conflicts · Sahagún

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Molins de Rey

Wars & Conflicts · Molins de Rei

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Évora

Wars & Conflicts · Évora

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Benavente

Wars & Conflicts · Benavente

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Oravais

Wars & Conflicts · Oravais

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Valencia

Wars & Conflicts · Valencia

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Zornoza

Wars & Conflicts · Amorebieta-Etxano

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Cardadeu

Wars & Conflicts · Llinars del Vallès

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Koljonvirta

Wars & Conflicts · Iisalmi

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Siege of Roses

Wars & Conflicts · Roses

1808 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Revolax

Wars & Conflicts · Revonlahti

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Siikajoki

Wars & Conflicts · Siikajoki

Battle on 1808-04-18

Battle of Jutas

Wars & Conflicts

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Alavus

Wars & Conflicts · Alavus

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Siege of Sveaborg

Wars & Conflicts · Suomenlinna

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Lapua

Wars & Conflicts · Lapua

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Pulkkila

Wars & Conflicts · Pulkkila

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Alcolea Bridge

Wars & Conflicts · Alcolea

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Ruona

Wars & Conflicts · Kuortane

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Karstula

Wars & Conflicts · Karstula

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Lemo

Wars & Conflicts · Kaarina

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Second Siege of Gerona

Wars & Conflicts · Girona

1808 siege during the Peninsular War

Battle of Pyhäjoki

Wars & Conflicts · Pyhäjoki

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Mansilla

Wars & Conflicts · Mansilla de las Mulas

1808 battle of the Peninsular War

Blockade of Barcelona

Wars & Conflicts · Barcelona

1808 blockade during the Peninsular War

Battle of Vaasa

Wars & Conflicts · Vaasa

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Kokonsaari

Wars & Conflicts · Perho

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Siege of Erivan

Wars & Conflicts · Yerevan

Siege during the Russo-Persian War in 1808

Battle of Mobekk

Wars & Conflicts

1808 battle

Battle of Nummijärvi

Wars & Conflicts · Nummijärvi

Battle during the Finnish War

Helsinki village landing

Wars & Conflicts · Helsinki

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Palo Hincado

Wars & Conflicts · Santa Cruz del Seibo

1808 first major battle of the Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo of the Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Domingo

Battle of Kauhajoki

Wars & Conflicts · Kauhajoki

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Nykarleby

Wars & Conflicts · Nykarleby

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Palva Sund

Wars & Conflicts · Velkua

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Berby

Wars & Conflicts

1808 battle between Sweden and Denmark-Norway

Battle of Rødenes

Wars & Conflicts · Rødenes Municipality

1808 battle

Battle of Rimito Kramp

Wars & Conflicts

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Combat of Padrões de Teixeira

Wars & Conflicts · Baião

1808 battle during the Peninsular War

Battle of Ömossa

Wars & Conflicts · Ömossa

Battle of the Finnish War on 6 September 1808

Jämtland Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Jämtland

Dano-Norwegian invasions of Sweden

Siege of Santo Domingo

Wars & Conflicts · Santo Domingo

1808–1809 final battle of Spanish reconquest of Santo Domingo

Battle of Prestebakke

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of the Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09

Battle of Lier

Wars & Conflicts · Lier

1808 battle

Peninsular War

Wars & Conflicts · Iberian Peninsula

1807–1814 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars

Spanish American wars of independence

Wars & Conflicts · Hispanic America

1808–1833 armed conflicts in the Americas between Spain and independence movements

Battle of Zealand Point

Wars & Conflicts · Sjællands Odde

Naval battle of the English Wars and the Gunboat War fought off Zealand Point, resulting in a victory of the British over the Danish forces

Battle of Alvøen

Wars & Conflicts · Bergen

1808 naval battle of the Gunboat War between Denmark-Norway and the United Kingdom

Capture of the Rosily Squadron

Wars & Conflicts · Bay of Cádiz

1808 capture during the Peninsular War

Battle of Sandöström

Wars & Conflicts · Kimito island

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Battle of Grönvikssund

Wars & Conflicts · Kustavi

1808 battle of the Finnish War

Castle Pinckney

Wars & Conflicts

fort

Fort James Jackson

Wars & Conflicts

historic fort

Spanish Fort

Wars & Conflicts

fort in New Orleans

Mutiny of Aranjuez

Wars & Conflicts · Aranjuez

19th-century Spanish uprising

Sieges of Zaragoza

Wars & Conflicts · Zaragoza

Two sieges suffered by the city of Zaragoza between 1808 and 1809

Invasion of Capri

Wars & Conflicts · Capri

1808 campaign of the Napoleonic Wars in Italy

Russian occupation of Gotland

Wars & Conflicts · Gotland

Episode during the war between Sweden and Russia 1808-09

Convention of Sintra

Politics & Government · Palace of Queluz

1808 agreement allowing French troops to evacuate from Portugal

Treaty of Fort Clark

Politics & Government · Fort Osage

1808 treaty between the United States and representatives of the Osage people

Treaty of Paris (1808)

Politics & Government · Paris

1808 treaty between France and Prussia

Alexander Dalrymple died

People · London

British geographer (1737–1808)

Laurent de Chazelles died

People · Metz

French agronomist (1724-1808)

Jean-Baptiste Dubois de Jancigny died

People · Moulins

French agronomist and official (1752–1808)

Pierre Jean George Cabanis died

People · Seraincourt

French physiologist and materialist philosopher (1757-1808)

Philip Gidley King died

People · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British Colonial governor (1758-1808)

Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen died

People · Tynna

Russian Navy admiral

José Celestino Mutis y Bosio died

People · Bogotá

Spanish mathematician and botanist (1732–1808)

Giuseppe Piermarini died

People · Foligno

Italian architect (1734-1808)

Fredrik Henrik af Chapman died

People · Karlskrona city community

Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (1721-1808)

John Wilkinson died

People · Bradley

English industrialist

Carl Hindenburg died

People · Leipzig

German mathematician (1741-1808)

James Anderson died

People · West Ham

Scottish economist

Maria Christina Bruhn died

People · Stockholm

Swedish chemist and inventor

Thomas Beddoes died

People · Shropshire

British doctor (1760-1808)

Daniel Matthias Heinrich Mohr died

People · Kiel

German botanist (1780-1808)

Carl Gottlob Rafn died

People · Copenhagen

Danish politician (1769-1808)

Friedrich Christoph Müller died

People · Schwelm

German theologian and cartographer

Élie Salomon François Reverdil died

People · Geneva

Swiss politician (1732-1808)

Ambrogio Soldani died

People · Florence

Italian naturalist and mathematician

Giuseppe Cassella died

People · Naples

Astronomer, director of the Astronomical Observatory of Naples

Johan Rudolph Deiman died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch physician and chemist

Kosmas Balanos died

People · Ioannina

Greek mathematician, author and school director

William Addis died

People · Clerkenwell

English entrepreneur; (1734-1808)

Richard Lubbock died

People · Norwich

English chemist and physician

Henry Ince died

People · Gittisham

Sergeant-major (and later lieutenant) in the British Army

Duncan McGillivray died

People · Inverness-shire

Canadian explorer

Regina Mingotti died

People · Neuburg an der Donau

Italian singer and opera singer

Enevold De Falsen died

People · Copenhagen

Danish-Norwegian author and statesman

Marianne Kirchgessner died

People · Schaffhausen

Glass harmonica player

Ann Brunton Merry died

People · Alexandria

British actress

Jindřich Krištof Hataš died

People · Hamburg

Czech violinist and composer

François Cupis died

People · Paris

French musician and composer

Betty Roose died

People · Vienna

German actress (1778-1808)

Lewis Hallam died

People · Philadelphia

American theater manager (1740-1808)

Charles de La Buissière died

People · Paris

French actor

Carlo Uttini died

People · Stockholm

Italian-Swedish actor, ballet dancer

Joseph Rothe died

People · Vienna

Austrian opera singer

Thomas Haigh died

People · London

English musician and composer

Andrew Johnson born

People · Raleigh

Born in Raleigh. President of the United States from 1865 to 1869.

Napoleon III born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873).

Jefferson Davis born

People · Fairview

Born in Fairview. President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865 (1808–1889).

Abdelkader El Djezairi born

People · Guittena

Born in Guittena. Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883).

Patrice de MacMahon born

People · Sully

Born in Sully. Third President of the French Republic (1808–1893).

Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly born

People · Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte

Born in Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. French writer (1808-1889).

José de Espronceda born

People · Almendralejo

Born in Almendralejo. Spanish poet (1808-1842).

Carl Spitzweg born

People · Munich

Born in Munich. German painter (1808–1885).

David Strauss born

People · Ludwigsburg

Born in Ludwigsburg. German theologian (1808–1874).

Johann Gustav Droysen born

People · Trzebiatów

Born in Trzebiatów. German historian (1808–1884).

Henrik Wergeland born

People · Kristiansand Municipality

Born in Kristiansand Municipality. Norwegian writer (1808–1845).

Lysander Spooner born

People · Athol

Born in Athol. American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, individualist anarchist, legal theorist, a member of the socialist First International and entrepreneur of the 19th century (1808–1887).

Josef Kajetán Tyl born

People · Kutná Hora

Born in Kutná Hora. Czech poet, playwright, publicist, writer, historic literature writer and lyricist (1808-1856).

Venancio Flores born

People · Trinidad

Born in Trinidad. Uruguayan politician (1808-1868).

José Rufino Echenique born

People · Puno

Born in Puno. President of Peru (1808–1887).

Gustav Weil born

People · Sulzburg

Born in Sulzburg. German orientalist (1808–1889).

Franz Theodor Kugler born

People · Szczecin

Born in Szczecin. German art historian and artist (1808–1858).

Christian VII of Denmark died

People · Rendsburg

Died in Rendsburg. King of Denmark and Norway (1749-1808).

Frederick VII of Denmark born

People · Amalienborg

Born in Amalienborg. King of Denmark from 1848 to 1863.

Mindon Min born

People · Amarapura

Born in Amarapura. King of Burma (1808–1878).

Alexis Damour born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French mineralogist (1808–1902).

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Park of the Botanical Garden, environmental preservation area of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil

Botanischer Garten Karlsruhe

Science & Technology

Municipal botanical garden located in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Bristol Eye Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in England

University of Belgrade

Science & Technology · Belgrade

University in Belgrade, Serbia

Ludovica Military Academy

Science & Technology

Military academy

Brazilian Naval School

Science & Technology

Brazilian military academy

Technische Hochschule Lübeck

Science & Technology

University in Lübeck, Germany

Mount St. Mary's University

Science & Technology

American private, liberal arts, Catholic university near Emmitsburg, Maryland

Belkovsky Island

Exploration & Discovery

Island in Anzhu Islands, Russia

Abidin Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Malaysia

Holy Trinity Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Kamensk-Uralsky, Russia

Cathedral of St Mary and St Anne

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in County Cork, Ireland

Lutheran church, Deák tér

Religion & Belief Systems

Church

Church of Saint Anne, Varonča

Religion & Belief Systems

San Pietro

Religion & Belief Systems

Minor basilica in Riposto, Italy

Ford's Chapel United Methodist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Alabama, United States of America

temple protestant d'Eymet

Religion & Belief Systems

Church located in Dordogne, in France

Sts. Peter and Paul church

Religion & Belief Systems · Zavodivka

Ruins of church in Zavodivka, Raukhivka Hromada, Berezivka Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine

Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in New York, United States

First Universalist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic Universalist church building at 211 Bridge Street in Salem, Massachusetts

Chapel of John of Nepomuk (Stáj)

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Czech Republic

Jyderup Præstegård

Religion & Belief Systems · Jyderup

Shabten Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Seni, Nagqu, Tibet, China

Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (Kazan)

Religion & Belief Systems · Kazan

Main cathedral of Kazansky Bogoroditsky Monastery, Russia

Pfarrhaus Frauenberg

Religion & Belief Systems · Frauenberg

Italian Stock Exchange

Economy & Trade · Milan

Italy's main stock exchange

Bank of Brazil

Economy & Trade · Rio de Janeiro

Brazilian banking institution

Pindad

Economy & Trade · Bandung

Indonesian military and commercial company

Jehmlich Orgelbau Dresden

Economy & Trade · Dresden

German organ building company

Norwich Union

Economy & Trade · Norwich

Defunct British branch of Aviva

Dunville & Co

Economy & Trade · Belfast

Antony Gibbs & Sons

Economy & Trade · London

British trading company, established in London in 1802

Hanningtons

Economy & Trade · Brighton

Former department store in Brighton

Carpenter and Westley

Economy & Trade · Birmingham

UK business

1808/1809 mystery eruption

Disasters & Pandemics · Pacific Ocean

Volcanic eruption in southwest Pacific

Phaeton Incident

Disasters & Pandemics · Port of Nagasaki

Dos de Mayo Uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Madrid

1808 rebellion during the Peninsular War

Rum Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Sydney

Rebellion in British penal colony of New South Wales (1808)

Battle of Valdepeñas

Social Movements & Revolutions · Valdepeñas

1808 rebellion during the Peninsular War

Uprising of Santa Cruz de Mudela

Social Movements & Revolutions · Santa Cruz de Mudela

Action of the Peninsular War

Olhão revolt

Social Movements & Revolutions · Olhão

1808 revolt

San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music

Architecture & Engineering

Music high school

Kraton Kacirebonan

Architecture & Engineering · West Java

Palace in Indonesia

Lund Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Lund, Rogaland, Norway

Vegårshei Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Vegårshei, Norway

Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens

Architecture & Engineering

An arts and heritage venue with a year-round calendar of events and exhibitions

St George's-Tron Church

Architecture & Engineering · Glasgow

Church in Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Manuc's Inn

Architecture & Engineering

Hotel and bar in Bucharest

Fort McClary

Architecture & Engineering

Fort

Fort Severn

Architecture & Engineering

Fort on the Severn River

Fort Washington Park

Architecture & Engineering · Fort Washington

Historic fort and military reservation; and surrounding parkland in Fort Washington, Maryland, United States

Konstantin

Architecture & Engineering

Coastal fort in Russia

St. Andrew's Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Ottoman fortification in the city of Preveza, northwestern Greece

Transfiguration church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Lipetsk, Russia

Church of the Presentation of Mary

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Bukovets

Fort Edgecomb

Architecture & Engineering

historic site in Maine, United States

Kiokee Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Georgia, United States of America

Castle Clinton

Sports & Entertainment · The Battery

Former fortress in New York City

Teatro della Concordia

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Monte Castello di Vibio, Italy

Walnut Street Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Historic theater in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Hausa Kingdoms dissolved

Empires & Countries

Hausa Kingdoms ceased to exist.

Palatinate-Neuburg dissolved

Empires & Countries · Neuburg an der Donau

Palatinate-Neuburg ceased to exist, having been centered at Neuburg an der Donau.

Gobir dissolved

Empires & Countries · Alkalawa

Gobir ceased to exist, having been centered at Alkalawa.

Palatinate-Sulzbach dissolved

Empires & Countries

Palatinate-Sulzbach ceased to exist.

Tashkent State dissolved

Empires & Countries · Tashkent

Tashkent State ceased to exist, having been centered at Tashkent.

Spain under Joseph Bonaparte founded

Empires & Countries · Madrid

Spain under Joseph Bonaparte was founded, with its capital at Madrid.

Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate founded

Empires & Countries · Freetown

Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate was founded, with its capital at Freetown.