* 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire.

* 1808 – Hamilton Fish, American politician ( d. 1893 )

* Haliotis laevigata Donovan, 1808 – the Smooth Australian abalone or greenlip abalone

* Haliotis spadicea Donovan, 1808 – the Blood-spotted abalone

* 1808 – Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.

Andrew Johnson ( December 29, 1808 July 31, 1875 ) was the 17th President of the United States ( 1865 – 1869 ).

In European Spain, or just " the Peninsula " in the jargon of the Spains, after economic and human ravages of the Napoleonic Invasion ( 1808 ) and the War of Liberation ( 1808 – 1814 ) there ensued the aforementioned Latinamerican conflicts, in addition to the Carlist wars, the liberal-conservative wars, and the bleeding of people and resources into Latin America.

Alfonso's short reign established the foundations for the final socioeconomic recuperation of Spain after the 1808 – 1874 crisis.

* 1808 – Princess Ludovika of Bavaria ( d. 1892 )

* 1808 – William W. Chapman, American politician ( d. 1892 )

* 1808 – The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown ( now Louisville ) by Pope Pius VII.

* 1875 – Karl Andree, German geographer ( b. 1808 )

His sons were: Mustafa IV ( 1807 – 08 ) ( his son by Ayşe Seniyeperver ), Mahmud II ( 1808 – 39 ) ( his son by Naksh-i-Dil Haseki ), Murad, Nusret, Mehmed, Ahmed, and Süleyman.

In the Karang Intan Agreement during the reign of Prince Nata Dilaga ( Susuhunan Nata Alam ) ( 1808 – 1825 ), the Banjar Kingdom gave up its territories to the Dutch Indies which included Bulungan, Kutai, Pasir, Pagatan and Kotawaringin.

Following his conquest of most of Western Europe, the first Napoleon made his elder brother Joseph ( 1768 – 1844 ) king first of Naples ( 1806 – 1808 ) and then of Spain ( 1808 – 1813 ), his third brother Louis ( 1778 – 1846 ) king of Holland ( 1806 – 1810 ) ( subsequently forcing his abdication after his failure to subordinate Dutch interests to those of France ) and his youngest brother Jérôme Bonaparte ( 1784 – 1860 ) king of Westphalia, the short-lived realm created from some of the states of northwestern Germany ( 1807 – 1813 ).

* May 10 – Henry Bennett, American politician ( b. 1808 )

They married around 1808, and according to court records, they had nine children together: Linah, born in 1808, Mariah Ritty in 1811, Soph in 1813, Robert in 1816, Minty ( Harriet ) in 1822, Ben in 1823, Rachel in 1825, Henry in 1830, and Moses in 1832.

Design reform began with the organisers of the Exhibition itself, Henry Cole ( 1808 – 1882 ), Owen Jones ( 1809 – 1874 ), Matthew Digby Wyatt ( 1820 – 1877 ) and Richard Redgrave ( 1804 – 1888 ).

Greenwood, built by Col. Joseph Martin, son of Joseph Martin ( general ) | General Joseph Martin, namesake of Martinsville, Virginia | Martinsville, at Axton, Henry County, 1808 – 1810

Wooster was established in 1808 by John Bever, William Henry, and Joseph Larwill, and named after David Wooster, a general in the American Revolutionary War .< ref >" Wooster.

* Henry Edward Manning ( 1808 – 1892 ), English Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal

After Porson's death ( 1808 ) Dobree was commissioned with James Henry Monk and Charles James Blomfield to edit his literary remains, which had been bequeathed to Trinity College.

In 1807 The Works of Henry Mackenzie were published surreptitiously, and he then himself superintended the publication of his Works ( 8 vols., 1808 ).

Portrait, oil on canvas, of John Home ( 1722 – 1808 ) by Sir Henry Raeburn ( 1756 – 1823 ), circa 1795 – 1800

Upon his return to St. Louis in August 1808, Lisa established the Missouri Fur Company ( sometimes referred to as the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company ), a joint venture with Jean Pierre Chouteau, Pierre Chouteau, Jr., William Clark, Andrew Henry, and other prominent St. Louis fur traders.

He travelled in Europe with Lord William Henry Lyttleton Westcote ( 1724 – 1808 ).

The two men, who were the two senior generals in the United States Army after the effective retirement of Major General Henry Dearborn on 6 July 1813, had been feuding with each other since 1808.

* Sir Henry Grey, 2nd Baronet ( 1722 – 1808 )

Charles Henry Cooper ( 20 March 1808 – 21 March 1866 ) was an English antiquarian.

In 1808, Henry Alford cast doubt on Tabor due to the possible continuing Roman utilization of a fortress which Antiochus the Great built on Tabor in BC219, and which Josephus records was in use by the Romans in the Jewish War.

William Barton Rogers had three brothers: James Blythe Rogers ( 1802 – 1852 ), Henry Darwin Rogers ( 1808 – 1866 ), and Robert Empie Rogers ( 1813 – 1884 ).

In 1808, Henry Bell bought the public baths and hotel, which his wife superintended while he continued his interest in early steamboats such as the nearby Charlotte Dundas and the North River Steamboat which Robert Fulton had just introduced at New York City.

** George Henry Scott, Lord Scott of Whitchester ( 1798 – 1808 ), eldest son of the 4th Duke, died young

* William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton ( 1724 – 1808 )

* Francis Theophilus Henry Hastings, 13th Earl of Huntingdon ( 1808 – 1875 )

* John William Henry Dalrymple, 7th Earl of Stair ( 1784 – 1840 ); most notable for having his 1808 marriage to Lady Laura Manners ended by divorce in 1809 annulled when a previous marriage contract in 1804 to another woman was revealed.

* William Henry Allen ( academician ) ( 1808 – 1882 ), American professor

* Henry Gage, 3rd Viscount Gage ( 1761 – 1808 )

* Edward Harris ( Royal Navy officer ) ( 1808 – 1888 ), British naval commander, diplomat and politician

Abbott was born in London in 1808, the son of Edward Abbott, an oilman and Italian warehouseman descended from George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury.

His younger siblings ' names were: Edgar ( 1789 – 90 ), Charles ( 1792 – 1830 ), ( unnamed twins, 1793 ), Catherine ( 1793 – 1856 ), James ( 1796 – 1878 ), William Edgar ( 1797 – 1821 ), Ann Watts ( 1800 – 50 ), Jane ( 1801 – 35 ), Theodore ( 1805 – 85 ), Edward ( 1808 – 47 ) and Wallace ( 1811 – 16 ).

He was the father of 1 ) George William Hope of Luffness ( 1808 – 1863 ), Member of Parliament for Windsor from 1859 to 1863, whose son Sir Edward Stanley Hope ( 1846 – 1921 ) served as a Lunacy Commissioner, and 2 ) the Hon.

Sir Edward Harris ( 1808 – 1888 ), second son of the second Earl, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy, held several diplomatic posts and represented Christchurch in Parliament.

* Edward Plunkett, 16th Baron of Dunsany ( 1808 – 1889 )

Image: Edward Shippen Burd. JPG | Portrait of Edward Shippen Burd of Philadelphia ( 1806 – 1808 )

Edward Hallowell ( 1808 – February 20, 1860 ) was an American herpetologist and physician.

* Edward Hallowell ( herpetologist ) ( 1808 – 1860 ), an American physician and herpetologist

* Edward O ' Bryen ( c. 1753 – 1808 ), ( sometimes O ' Brien ), Royal Navy admiral

* Edward Daniel Clarke ( 1808 )

Other notable painters were Richard Crosse ( 1742 – 1810 ), Ozias Humphry ( 1742 – 1810 ), Samuel Shelley ( c1750 – 1808 ), whose best pictures are groups of two or more persons, William Wood, a Suffolk artist ( 1768 – 1808 ), Henry Edridge ( 1769 – 1821 ), John Bogle, and Edward Dayes.

* Edward Bradley ( politician ) ( 1808 – 1847 ), U. S Representative from Michigan

Edward Bradley ( April 1808 – August 5, 1847 ) was a U. S. Representative from the state of Michigan.

After service with Edward Preble's squadron in the Mediterranean and a cruise to the East Indies, Henley received his first command, Gunboat No. 5, at Baltimore, Maryland on 9 April 1808. Henley was in command of two divisions of 15 gunboats which drove three British frigates from Hampton Roads on 20 June 1813.

Edward Backhouse was born in Darlington in 8 May 1808, the son of Edward Backhouse of Darlington.

Immediately after the 1808 rebellion took place, Macarthur dispatched his son Edward to London to convey Macarthur's version of the events.

Illustration by Edward Donovan, c. 1802 – 1808

* Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby 17 April 1808 – 12 May 1856

Bernard Edward Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk, KG, Earl Marshal ( 21 November 1765 – 16 March 1842 ) was the son of Henry Howard ( 1713 – 1787, a descendant of Henry Frederick Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel ), and Juliana Molyneux ( 1749 – 1808 ).