* 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 ).

Various atoms and molecules as depicted in John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy ( 1808 ), one of the earliest scientific works on atomic theory

The first known instance of Newton's lines joined to music was in A Companion to the Countess of Huntingdon's Hymns ( London, 1808 ), where it is set to the tune " Hephzibah " by English composer John Jenkins Husband.

The regiment was established in 1808 by the Prince Regent and future king of Portugal, John VI, with the duty of protecting the Portuguese royal family, which had sought refuge in Brazil during the Napoleonic wars.

It is sometimes called Dalton's Law after its discoverer, the English chemist John Dalton, who published it in the first part of the first volume of his " New System of Chemical Philosophy " ( 1808 ).

Various atoms and molecules as depicted in John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy ( 1808 ).

* 1808 – John Taylor, American religious figure ( d. 1887 )

* 1732 – John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania ( d. 1808 )

* 1808 – John Claiborne, U. S. politician ( b. 1777 )

* 1780 – 1808 John Barker

* July 25 – John Taylor, American religious leader ( b. 1808 )

* November 13 – John Dickinson, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania ( d. 1808 )

* John Claiborne, U. S. politician ( d. 1808 )

* September 22 – John Home, Scottish dramatist ( d. 1808 )

Plan of Fort Dearborn drawn by John Whistler in 1808

Various atoms and molecule s as depicted in John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy ( 1808 ).

In 1931, the Colter Stone, a rock carved in the shape of a head with the inscription " John Colter " on one side and the year " 1808 " on the other, was discovered in a field in Tetonia, Idaho, which is west of Teton Pass.

The soliton phenomenon was first described by John Scott Russell ( 1808 – 1882 ) who observed a solitary wave in the Union Canal in Scotland.

The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded European settlement in Australia.

The Battle of Cape St Vincent ( 14 February 1797 ) was one of the opening battles of The Anglo-Spanish War ( 1796 – 1808 ) where a British fleet under Admiral Sir John Jervis defeated a larger Spanish fleet under Admiral Don José de Córdoba near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal.

* 1808 – John Dalton defends caloric theory in A New System of Chemistry and describes how it combines with matter, especially gases ; he proposes that the heat capacity of gases varies inversely with atomic weight

At the highest point of the old town the Portland stone and Coade stone facade of the Crown Court ( 1808 – 12, by John Johnson ), the brick Market Tower and florid War Memorial mark the historic centre, although trade has tended to concentrate on the lower land in modern times.

In 1808, when the Topaz reached Pitcairn Island, only John Adams, nine women, and some children still lived.

From 1808, Stephen John Baptist Lewis de Galois de la Tours, the former Bishop of Moulins who was expelled from France in 1791 and lived a mile from the prison at Stilton, was permitted by the Admiralty to minister and provide charity to the prisoners at his own expense.

In 1808, after raising $ 12, 000, the college was temporarily reopened and broke ground on a building of its own, affectionately called " Old Queens " designed by architect John McComb, Jr.

In 1808, Jacob was appointed court librarian to the King of Westphalia, and went on to become librarian in Kassel.

After their mother's death in 1808, Jacob became fully responsible for his younger siblings.

Coenraad Jacob Temminck ( 1778 – 1858 ) sponsored François Le Vaillant to collect bird specimens in Africa and this resulted in Le Vaillant's six-volume Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d ' Afrique ( 1796 – 1808 ).

* Jacob De Cordova, ( 1808 – 1868 ), Jewish Texan legislator

* Jacob Albright ( 1759 – 1808 ) was an American Christian leader and founder of the Evangelical Association

* Jacob Broom ( congressman ) ( 1808 – 1864 ), United States Representative from Pennsylvania

Jacob Crowninshield ( DR ), until April 15, 1808

* Jacob Crowninshield ( 1770 – 1808 ): U. S. Congressman

* Jacob Crowninshield ( 1770 – 1808 )

Jacob Crowninshield ( March 31, 1770 – April 15, 1808 ) was a U. S. Representative from Massachusetts and appointee to the position of U. S. Secretary of the Navy, which he never filled.

The American Fur Company, established in 1808 by John Jacob Astor to compete with the powerful Canadian North West and Hudson Bay companies, practically took control of the fur trade in the United States following the War of 1812.

The American Fur Company was founded by John Jacob Astor in 1808.

Jacob Albright, a German-speaking Christian native of Pennsylvania ( 1759 – 1808 ), influenced by John Wesley and the Methodist movement.

Jacob Albright ( Jakob Albrecht ) ( May 1, 1759 – May 17, 1808 ) was an American Christian leader, founder of Albright's People ( Die Albrechtsleute ) which was officially named the Evangelical Association ( Evangelische Gemeinschaft ) in 1816.

This led to John Seybert's election as Bishop, the first Evangelical leader to hold that office since the death of founder, Bishop Jacob Albright in 1808.

In 1849 Jacob Frankel ( 1808 – 87 ) was elected Chazzan, and about this time the congregation grew in numbers and importance.

In 1808, Joseph's brother Jacob arrived in St. Louis and established his own store.