1808
Appearance
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
Decades: | 1770s 1780s 1790s – 1800s – 1810s 1820s 1830s |
Years: | 1805 1806 1807 – 1808 – 1809 1810 1811 |
Gregorian calendar | 1808 MDCCCVIII |
Ab urbe condita | 2561 |
Armenian calendar | 1257 ԹՎ ՌՄԾԷ |
Assyrian calendar | 6558 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1729–1730 |
Bengali calendar | 1215 |
Berber calendar | 2758 |
British Regnal year | 48 Geo. 3 – 49 Geo. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 2352 |
Burmese calendar | 1170 |
Byzantine calendar | 7316–7317 |
Chinese calendar | 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4504 or 4444 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4505 or 4445 |
Coptic calendar | 1524–1525 |
Discordian calendar | 2974 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1800–1801 |
Hebrew calendar | 5568–5569 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1864–1865 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1729–1730 |
- Kali Yuga | 4908–4909 |
Holocene calendar | 11808 |
Igbo calendar | 808–809 |
Iranian calendar | 1186–1187 |
Islamic calendar | 1222–1223 |
Japanese calendar | Bunka 5 (文化5年) |
Javanese calendar | 1734–1735 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
Korean calendar | 4141 |
Minguo calendar | 104 before ROC 民前104年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 340 |
Thai solar calendar | 2350–2351 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1934 or 1553 or 781 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1935 or 1554 or 782 |
1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
Events[change | change source]
- 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
- for more information, see Category:1808 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:1808 deaths.