1808

Year 1808 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - Importation of into the  is banned; this is also the earliest day under the  that an  could be made restricting slavery.
 * - : On the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the of, disgruntled military officers of the  (the "Rum Corps") overthrow and imprison   and seize control of the colony.
 * - issues an ultimatum to, to join ,  and Russia and attacks.
 * - French troops occupy (Vatican).
 * - Ship  (from Boston, hunting seals) rediscovers : only one  mutineer was still alive, Alexander Smith.
 * - coal first burned as fuel by  in, PA. Discovery leads to use of coal as key fuel source of America's.
 * - n troops cross border to without  - the  begins
 * - Russian troops occupy and threaten
 * - Russian troops occupy
 * - Russian troops occupy
 * - abdicates in favor of his son,

April - June

 * - incorporates the.
 * - is born
 * - Troops under colonel clash with Russian troops in ,
 * - : The people of uprise against the  troops.
 * The fortress of is lost by  to, during the.
 * Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who uprose on May 2 are executed near hill.
 * - Landing of Swedish troops to fails
 * - Second landing of Swedish troops fails in Ala-Lemu
 * - French General Dupont surrenders to Spanish irregular forces following the.
 * - French General Dupont surrenders to Spanish irregular forces following the.

July - September

 * - - local Hispanic forces repel the British army.
 * - Troops under colonel force Russians to withdraw in
 * - Troops under defeat Russian attack in
 * - British troops under defeat French under General  at the
 * - Truce between Swedish and Russian troops in Finland. It ended on  of the same year.

October - December

 * - Change of of the  from  (-1808) to  (1808-)
 * - New truce ends fighting in Finland
 * - French defeats a Spanish army at the
 * - troops evacuate .   proclaims  a part of.
 * - defeats  in
 * - invades
 * - At 20:34 UTC  . There are no observation records.
 * - The original in  is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.
 * - conducts and performs in concert at the, , with the premiere of his , , and  (performed by Beethoven himself).

Undated

 * British siege of begins.
 * founded.

January - June

 * -, American naval officer (d. )
 * -, American philosopher (d. )
 * -, German theologian (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. )
 * -, Emperor of the French (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -,  writer and philosopher
 * -, Norwegian author (d. )
 * -, German rabbi (d. )

July - December

 * -, American lawyer and military leader (d. )
 * -, Italian writer (b. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, German geographer (d. )
 * -, American religious leader (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, 17th (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * -, American lawyer and governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, American minister and inventor
 * -, English bishop and writer (b. )
 * -, Subject of a (b. )

July - December

 * -, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. )
 * -, Scottish writer (b. )
 * -, French historian (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, British soldier and governor of Quebec (b. )
 * -, Moravian missionary (b. )
 * , English theologian (b. )


 * See also .