1808

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Table of contents

1 Events
2 Year in topic
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 Heads of states

Events

January 1 - Importation of slaves into the United States is banned
February 11 - Anthracite coal first burned as fuel, experimentally.
February - Russia issues an ultimatum to Sweden, to join France Denmark and Russia and attacks Finland.
March 26 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII
April 6 - John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company.
May 3 - The fortress of Sveaborg is lost by Sweden to Russia, during the Finnish War.
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
Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa IV (1807-1808) to Mahmud II (1808-1839)
December - Napoleon invades Spain

China - Jiaqing Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from February 9, 1796 to September 2, 1820)
Denmark -
1. Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway (1766-1808)
2. Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839) and Norway (1808-1814)
Ottoman Empire -
1. Mustafa IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1807-1808)
2. Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
Prussia - Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
Spain -
1. Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
2. Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain (1808-1813)
Russia - Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825)
United States - Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States (March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809)