Rulers:
• Charles IV, King of Spain (1788-1808)
• Fernando VII, King of Spain (1808)
• Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples and Sicily (1806-1808)
• Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain and the Indies (1808-1813)
• Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (1804-1815)
• Napoléon I, King of Italy (1805-1814)
• Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-1809)
Births:
• Daumier, Honoré (1808-1879)
• Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875)
• Ramel, Delphine (1808-1887)
Deaths:
• Waldstein, Mariana (1763-1808)
Music:
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony N° 5 (1808)
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Symphony N° 6 (1808)
Art:
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Maddalena penitente (1808-09)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Paolina Borghese Bonaparte as Venus (1805-08)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Paride (1807-16)
• Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Teseo e il centauro (1804-19)
• Géricault, Théodore (1791-1824): Le Sommeil des Paysans (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): El Afilador (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): El coloso (after 1808)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Escena de disciplinantes (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Escena de guerra (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Escena de la Guerra de Independencia (after 1808)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Fiesta popular bajo un puente (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Incendio de un hospital (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): La Aguadora (c.1808-12)
• Goya, Francisco (1746-1828): Majas al balcón (c.1808-12)
• Gros, Antoine-Jean (1771-1835): Napoléon sur le champ de Bataille d’Eylau (1808)
• Ingres, J. A. D. (1780-1867): La Baigneuse de Valpinçon (1808)
• Ingres, J. A. D. (1780-1867): Oedipe explique l’énigme du sphinx (1808)