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1808 In Sweden
Events from the year 1808 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * 21 February - Finnish War * 2 May - Battle of Pulkkila * 2 March - Siege of Sveaborg * 14 March - Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 starts. * 16 April - Battle of Pyhäjoki * 18 April - Battle of Siikajoki * 27 April - Battle of Revolax * 28 April - Battle of Furuholm * 19–20 June - Battle of Lemo * August - Jämtland Campaign of 1808 * 27 October - Battle of Koljonvirta * 18 September - Battle of Palva Sund * 26–28 September - Helsinki village landing * - Jöns Jacob Berzelius publishes the second part of his ''Föreläsningar i Djurkemien''. * - Elisa Servenius enlists in the Swedish army dressed as a man because "She had decided to live and to die with her husband", the soldier Bernhard Servenus; she participates in the war between Sweden and Russia about Finland, and during one battle, she collected the ammunition of the Russians and gave them to her comrades. She is later disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808
Events January–March * January 1 ** The importation of slaves into the United States is banned, as the 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves takes effect; African slaves continue to be imported into Cuba, and until the island abolishes slavery in 1865, half a million slaves will arrive on the island. ** Sierra Leone becomes a British Crown Colony. * January 12 ** The organizational meeting leading to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. ** John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver in south east England, founded in 669, from coastal erosion is abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. * January 22 – Transfer of the Portuguese court to Brazil: John (Dom João), Prince Regent, and the Bragança royal family of Portugal arrive in their colony of Brazil in exile from the French occupation of their home kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
