- 1808 in France
"See also:"
1807 in France ,
other events of 1808,1809 in France .----
Events from the year
1808 inFrance .Events
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22 January - The Bragança Portuguese Royal Family arrives inBrazil , having fled the French army.
*2 February - French troops occupyPapal States (Vatican).
*February - Under the pretext of reinforcing the Franco-Spanish army occupyingPortugal , French troops begin filing intoSpain .
*29 February - A French column, disguised as a convoy of wounded, takesBarcelona by convincing the authorities to open the city's gates.
*23 March -Madrid is occupied by French forces.
*2 May -Dos de Mayo Uprising , the people ofMadrid rebel against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a brutal repression by the French.
*5 May - Napoleon forces the Spanish royals to abdicate and hands the throne to his brother Joseph.
*25 May -Asturias rises up in arms, casting out its French governor.
*4 June -Peninsular War :Battle of El Bruc , Spanish victory over French forces.
*12 June -Peninsular War :Battle of Cabezón , decisive French victory over Spanish forces.
*15 June -Peninsular War : Siege of Saragossa begins, as French forces repeatedly attack the city.
*14 July -Peninsular War :Battle of Medina del Rio Seco , crushing defeat of Spanish army by the French.
*18 July -22 July -Peninsular War :Battle of Bailén , Spanish forces surround the French and compel the surrender of almost 18,000 men, the worst disaster and capitulation of the war.
*30 July -Peninsular War : French forces massacre the population ofÉvora .
*13 August -Peninsular War : Siege of Saragossa ends in defeat for the French who were forced to lift the siege and retreat.
*17 August -Peninsular War :Battle of Roliça , British victory over the French, first battle fought by the British army during the war.
*20 August -Peninsular War :Battle of Vimeiro , Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces.
*30 August -Peninsular War :Convention of Sintra signed, by which the defeated French are allowed to evacuate their troops fromPortugal without further conflict.
*27 September -Congress of Erfurt , betweenEmperor Napoleon I andTsar Alexander I begins.
*14 October - Congress of Erfurt ends.
*31 October -Peninsular War :Battle of Pancorbo , indecisive battle between French and Spanish forces.
*5 November -Peninsular War :Battle of Valmaseda , Spanish victory over French forces.
*7 November -Peninsular War :Battle of Burgos , French victory over Spanish forces.
*10 November -11 November -Peninsular War :Battle of Espinosa , French victory over Spanish forces.
*23 November -Peninsular War :Battle of Tudela , French victory over Spanish forces.
*30 November -Peninsular War :Battle of Somosierra , outnumbered Spanish force fails to prevent Napoleon from moving onMadrid .
*1 December -Peninsular War : French patrols reach the outskirts of Madrid.
*4 December -Peninsular War : Madrid surrenders and French enter the city for the second time that year.
*21 December -Peninsular War :Battle of Sahagún , British victory over French forces.Births
January to June
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4 February -Charles-Pierre Denonvilliers ,surgeon (d.1872).
*26 February -Honoré Daumier , printmaker, caricaturist, painter and sculptor (d.1879).
*20 March -Antoine Étex , sculptor, painter andarchitect (d.1888).
*20 April -Napoleon III of France , firstPresident of the French Republic and the only emperor of theSecond French Empire (d.1873).
*15 May -Marie Dominique Bouix ,Jesuit canon lawyer (d.1870).
*22 May -Gérard de Nerval , poet, essayist and translator (d.1855).
*30 May -Felix-Joseph Barbelin ,Jesuit influential in the development of the Catholic community inPhiladelphia (d.1869).
*8 June -Etienne-Paulin Gagne ,poet , essayist, lawyer, politician, inventor, and eccentric (d.1876).
*13 June -Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta , general and politician, firstpresident of the Third Republic (d.1893).July to December
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5 July -Jacques Claude Demogeot , man of letters (d.1894).
*30 August -Jean-Charles Chenu , physician and naturalist (d.1879).
*28 September -Jean Pierre Pellissier , missionary to Southern Africa (d.1867).
*2 November -Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly , novelist and short story writer (d.1889).Deaths
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26 April -Jean-Baptiste Pillement , painter and designer (b.1728).
*30 May -Louis-Charles, Count of Beaujolais , younger brother of King Louis-Philippe I of the French (b.1779).
*10 June -Jean-Baptiste de Belloy ,Archbishop of Paris and Cardinal (b.1709).
*17 June -Louis-Joseph de Laval-Montmorency , Cardinal (b.1724).
*23 July -François-Hippolyte Barthélémon , composer andviolin ist (b.1741).
*6 September -Louis-Pierre Anquetil , historian (b.1723).References
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