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1808

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

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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.
26 January - Rum Rebellion: On the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales, disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the "Rum Corps") overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.
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. There are no observation records.
December 22 - Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in a concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna which features, among others, the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, and Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself)