Year 1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1808
January - March
- January 1 - The importation of slaves into the United States is banned; this is also the earliest day under the United States Constitution that an amendment can be made restricting slavery.
- January 12 - The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
- January 22 - The Bragança Portuguese Royal Family arrives in Brazil, running away from the French army.
- 26 January - Rum Rebellion: On the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the colony of New South Wales, disgruntled military officers of the New South Wales Corps (the Rum Corps) overthrow and imprison Governor William Bligh and seize control of the colony.
- February - Russia issues an ultimatum to Sweden, to join France, Denmark and Russia and attack Finland.
- February 2 - French troops occupy the Papal States (Vatican).
- February 6 - The ship Topaz (from Boston April 5, 1807 hunting seals) rediscovers the Pitcairn Islands; only one HMS Bounty mutineer is still alive, Alexander Smith (John Adams).
- February 11 - Anthracite coal is first burned as fuel by Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; the discovery leads to the use of coal as the key fuel source of America's industrial revolution.
- February 21 - Finnish War: Russian troops cross the border into Finland without a declaration of war.
- March 2 - Russian troops occupy Helsinki and threaten Sveaborg.
- March 8 - Empire of Brazil: With the arrival of the Portuguese royal family in Brazil (1808), the colony is called New Portugal.
- March 11 - Russian troops occupy Tampere.
- March 2 - The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
- March 22 - Russian troops occupy Turku.
- March 26 - Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
April - June
July - September
October - December
Undated
Ongoing events
Births
January - June
- January 6 - Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (d. 1864)
- January 19 - Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (d. 1887)
- January 27 - David Strauss, German theologian (d. 1874)
- February 5 - Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
- February 26 - Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
- April 13- Antonio Meucci, Italian-born inventor (d.1889)
- April 20 - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (d. 1873)
- May 22 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
- June 3 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States (d. 1889)
- June 16 - James Frederick Ferrier, Scottish metaphysical writer and philosopher
- June 17 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
- June 20 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
July - December
- See also Category: 1808 births.
Deaths
January - June
July - December
- See also Category: 1808 deaths.
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