Today in History for August 1808
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Months in 1808: January February March April May June July September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 2 of 2
17th - Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
21st - 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.
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 7 of 7
3rd - Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
9th - William Thomas Ward, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
10th - Carl Friedrich Weitzmann, composer
24th - Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
24th - Thomas Fenwick Drayton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
29th - Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
30th - Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1892)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 2 of 2
13th - Henri Hardouin, composer, dies at 81
30th - Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
