- 1808 in the United Kingdom
Events from the year
1808 in theUnited Kingdom .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland ,Tory Events
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1 January -Sierra Leone becomes a British Crown Colony.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 242-243|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*20 July -Henry Crabb Robinson makes the first despatch from a specialist war reporter, to "The Times " newspaper.
*1 August -Peninsular War : British expeditionary force lands nearOporto .
*21 August - Peninsular War: British-Portuguese victory over the French at theBattle of Vimeiro .cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
*20 December - the original Covent Garden Theatre inLondon was destroyed by a fire along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.Undated
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West Africa Squadron established to suppress theslave trade along the coast ofWest Africa . [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/empireseapower_timeline_noflash.shtml British History Timeline, BBC History] ]
*Barium ,calcium ,magnesium andstrontium isolated by SirHumphry Davy .
*John Dalton publishes "New System of Chemical Philosophy", explaining his atomic theory of chemistry.Births
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20 March -Charles Henry Cooper , antiquarian (died 1866)
*27 April -William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire , politician (died 1891)
*2 May -Emma Darwin , wife ofCharles Darwin (died 1896)
*12 May -Edwin Abbott , educator (died 1882)
*12 June -George Wilshere, 1st Baron Bramwell , judge (died 1892)
*11 June -James Ballantine , artist and author (died 1877)
*19 June -Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon , politician (died 1884)
*1 July - Henry Doubleday, entomologist and ornithologist (died 1875)
*15 July -Henry Cole , civil servant (died 1882)
*30 July -Frederick Nicholls Crouch , composer and cellist (died 1896)
*19 August -James Nasmyth , engineer (died 1890)
*24 August -William Lindsay Alexander , church leader (died 1884)
*5 September -Arthur William Buller , Member of Parliament (died 1869)
*15 September -John Hutton Balfour , botanist (died 1884)
*6 November -Thomas Legh Claughton , academic, poet and clergyman (died 1892)
*22 November -Thomas Cook , travel entrepreneur (died 1892)Unknown dates
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Caroline Chisholm , humanitarian (died 1877)
*Henry Fothergill Chorley , critic (died 1872)
*William Cureton , Orientalist (died 1864)Deaths
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28 May - Richard Hurd, bishop and writer (born 1720)
*5 September -John Home , writer (born 1722)
*10 November -Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester , soldier and governor of Quebec (born 1724)
*Theophilus Lindsey , theologian (born 1723)References
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