1808

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1770s  1780s  1790s  – 1800s –  1810s  1820s  1830s
Years:	1805 1806 1807 – 1808 – 1809 1810 1811

1808 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• March 13 – Frederick VI becomes king of Denmark. The next day, Denmark declares war on Sweden.
• March 19 – Charles IV of Spain leaves the throne for his son, Ferdinand VII.
• November 15 – Mahmud II (1808–1839) succeeds Mustafa IV (1807–1808) as sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy is published.
• Barium, calcium, magnesium and strontium are isolated by Humphry Davy in England.

Births

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• December 29 – Andrew Johnson

Deaths

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