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Historical Event(s)
– The importation of slaves into the United States is banned.
– The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
– Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
– Charles IV of Spain abdicates in favor of his son, Ferdinand VII.
– The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
– Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
– Joseph Bonaparte approves the Bayonne Statute, a royal charter intended as the basis for his rule as king of Spain.
– 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.
– The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
– Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).
Who Were Born On ?
– Nathan Kelley,American architect, active mainly in Ohio, (d. 1871)
– Maria Malibran, Spanish-French singer (d. 1836)
– Emperor Napoleon III of France (d. 1873)
– Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
– Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi (d. 1888)
– Hamilton Fish, American politician (d. 1893)
– William W. Chapman, American politician (d. 1892)
– Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)
– Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)