What Happened in May 1808

Historical Events

May 3 Day depicted by Spanish painter Goya in his "The Third of May", painted 1814

May 3 Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia
May 3 Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May 2 are fired upon near Príncipe Pío hill

May 30 Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate

May 15 Gottfried Herrmann, composer
May 15 Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (The Bohemian Girl), born in Dublin (d. 1870)
May 17 Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel, French composer (Les trois couleurs), born in Lille, France (d. 1892)
May 19 Samuel Jameson Gholson, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1883)
May 22 Gérard de Nerval [Gérard Labrunie], French writer, born in Paris (d. 1855)
May 30 Joaquim Casimiro Jr., Portuguese composer, born in Lisbon (d. 1862)

May 5 Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist, dies at 50
May 18 Jacob Albright, German-American Christian leader, founder of Albright's People (Evangelical Association), dies at 49
May 18 Elijah Craig, American minister & inventor, dies at 70
May 28 Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)