What Happened In February 1808 - Historical Events 1808 February

Historical Events for February, 1808

11th » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
21st » Without a previous declaration of war, Russian troops cross the border to Sweden at Abborfors in eastern Finland, thus beginning the Finnish war, in which Sweden will lose the eastern half of the country (i.e. Finland) to Russia.

3rd » Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1808–1877) e.g Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (d. 1877)
4th » Josef Kajetán Tyl, Czech playwright (d. 1856)
5th » Carl Spitzweg, German painter (d. 1885)
10th » Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (d. 1879)
14th » Michael Costa (conductor) or Michael Costa, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1884)
26th » Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor (d. 1879)
26th » Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse (d. 1871)

14th » John Dickinson (Pennsylvania and Delaware) known as John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician 5th Governor of Delaware (b. 1732)