1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar).
Events
Ongoing events
Births
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January 19 - Lysander Spooner, individualist anarchist (d. 1887)
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January 27 - David Strauss, German theologian (d. 1874)
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February 5 - Carl Spitzweg, painter (d. 1885)
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February 26 - Honoré Daumier, painter, illustrator, lithograph and sculptor (d. 1879)
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May 22 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (d. 1855)
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June 3 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (d. 1889)
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June 17 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (d. 1845)
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June 20 - Samson Raphael Hirsch, rabbi (d. 1888)
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July 9 - Alexander William Doniphan, lawyer and military leader from Missouri (d. 1887)
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October 6 - King Frederick VII of Denmark (d. 1863)
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October 20 - Karl Andree, German geographer (d. 1875)
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November 1 - John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887)
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December 29 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
Deaths