Famous People Who Died in 1808

Feb 14 John Dickinson, American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania, dies at 75

Mar 3 Johann Christian Fabricius, Danish Entomologist, dies at 63
Mar 9 Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect who designed English country houses, dies at 69
Mar 13 King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
Apr 25 Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer, dies at 66
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)
Jun 11 Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer, dies at 83
Jun 16 Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60
Jul 20 François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French composer, dies at 66
Jul 29 Selam III, poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808), dies
Aug 13 Henri Hardouin, French composer, dies at 81
Aug 30 Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83

Sep 3 John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
Sep 5 John Home, Scottish writer (b. 1722)
Sep 6 Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723)
Sep 13 Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer, dies at 90
Sep 17 Benjamin Bourne, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island), dies at 53
Sep 25 Richard Porson, scholar, dies
Sep 26 Pavel Vranicky, composer, dies at 51
Sep 27 Gaétan Vestris, French ballet dancer, dies at 79
Nov 3 Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian and clergyman, dies at 85
Nov 10 Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and administrator (Governor of Quebec 1768-1778), dies at 84
Nov 16 Mustapha IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08), dies at 29
Nov 17 David Zeisberger, Moravian clergyman and missionary, dies at 87
Nov 17 Mustafa IV, 29th Sultan of Ottoman Empire (1807-08), dies at 29
Dec 1 Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30
Dec 10 James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (1807-08), dies at 64