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Historical Event(s)
– The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
– Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
– The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
– John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America’s first millionaire.
– 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.
– Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
– Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
– Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
– The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
– French and Poles defeat the Spanish at battle of Tudela
Who Were Born On ?
– Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
– Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess of Prussia (d. 1877)
– Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1873)
– Emma Wedgwood, English naturalist, wife of Charles Darwin, (d. 1896)
– Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
– Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (d. 1887)
– Henry Edward Manning, English Catholic archbishop and cardinal (d. 1892)
– John Taylor, American religious figure (d. 1887)
– Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
– Janez Bleiweis, Slovenian politician (d. 1881)