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This article is about the year 1808. For the book by Laurentino Gomes, see 1808 (book).
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1808 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar
1808 MDCCCVIII
Ab urbe condita
2561
Armenian calendar
1257 ԹՎ ՌՄԾԷ
Assyrian calendar
6558
Balinese saka calendar
1729–1730
Bengali calendar
1215
Berber calendar
2758
British Regnal year
48 Geo. 3 – 49 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar
2352
Burmese calendar
1170
Byzantine calendar
7316–7317
Chinese calendar
丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4505 or 4298 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4506 or 4299
Coptic calendar
1524–1525
Discordian calendar
2974
Ethiopian calendar
1800–1801
Hebrew calendar
5568–5569
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat
1864–1865
- Shaka Samvat
1729–1730
- Kali Yuga
4908–4909
Holocene calendar
11808
Igbo calendar
808–809
Iranian calendar
1186–1187
Islamic calendar
1222–1223
Japanese calendar
Bunka 5 (文化５年)
Javanese calendar
1734–1735
Julian calendar
Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar
4141
Minguo calendar
104 before ROC 民前104年
Nanakshahi calendar
340
Thai solar calendar
2350–2351
Tibetan calendar
阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1934 or 1553 or 781 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1935 or 1554 or 782
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1808 (MDCCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1808th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 808th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1800s decade. As of the start of 1808, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars. As a result of the war...
Spain was the part of Spain loyal to Joseph I during the Peninsular War (1808–1813), forming a Bonapartist client state officially known as the Kingdom...
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from...
of common land within the manor, the college was granted the power by the 1808 Dulwich College Building Act to extend the period over which leases ran,...
years after his death) and his 1814 paintings The Second of May 1808 and The Third of May 1808. Other works from his mid-period include the Caprichos and Los...
through the end of the conflict. Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Spain in 1808 touched off a crisis of legitimacy of crown rule, since he had placed his...
Solomon Northup (born July 10, c. 1807–1808; died c. 1864) was an American abolitionist and the primary author of the memoir Twelve Years a Slave. A free-born...
John Dickinson (November 13, [O.S. November 2] 1732 – February 14, 1808), a Founding Father of the United States, was an attorney and politician from Philadelphia...
the reigning Spanish royal family and declare his brother King of Spain in 1808 as José I. The Spanish and Portuguese thus revolted, with British support...
Shahu Bhonsle II (1763 – 3 May 1808 CE) was the 7th Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy. A member of the Bhonsle clan, he was succeeded by his son Pratap...
The County Asylums Act 1808 formed mental health law in England and Wales from 1808 to 1845. Notably, the Asylums Act established public mental asylums...
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