1808 in Russia
Events from the year '''1808 in Russia'''
Incumbents
Events
- Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
- * Siege of Erivan (1808)
- Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
- Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)
- * June 23: Battle of the Nargö
- Finnish War
- * March 14 - May 3: Siege of Sveaborg
- * April 16: Battle of Pyhäjoki
- * April 18: Battle of Siikajoki
- * April 22 - May 18: Russian occupation of Gotland
- * April 27: Battle of Revolax
- * May 2: Battle of Pulkkila
- * May 9 or 10: Battle of Kumlinge
- * May 12: Battle of Kuopio
- * June 19–20: Battle of Lemo
- * June 24: Battle of Nykarleby
- * June 25–26: Battle of Vaasa
- * June 30-July 2: Battle of Rimito Kramp
- * July 3: Battle of Lintulaks
- * July 11: Battle of Kokonsaari
- * July 14: Battle of Lapua
- * July 31: Battle of Mönninvaara
- * August 2–3: Battle of Sandöström
- * August 10: Battle of Pälkjärvi
- * August 10: Battle of Kauhajoki
- * August 17: Battle of Alavus
- * August 21: Battle of Karstula
- * August 28: Battle of Nummijärvi
- * August 29: Battle of Lappfjärd
- * August 30: Battle of Grönvikssund
- * September 1–2: Battle of Ruona–Salmi
- * September 13: Battle of Jutas
- * September 14–15: Battle of Oravais
- * September 17–18: Battle of Lokalaks
- * September 18: Battle of Palva Sund
- * September 26–28: Helsinki village landing
- * October 27: Battle of Koljonvirta
- September 27 - October 14: Congress of Erfurt
- Construction of Fort Constantin begins
- The Russian Messenger magazine begins publication
Births
- Karl Eduard Aeschlimann, Swiss-born architect
- Osip Bodyansky, Slavist of Ukrainian Cossack descent
- Pyotr Chikhachyov, naturalist and geologist
- Natan Friedland, rabbi, preacher, writer, proto-Zionist
- Aleksey Gornostayev, architect
- Aurora Karamzin, Finnish lady-in-waiting and philanthropist
- Pyotr Kireevsky, folklorist and philologist
- Elim Meshchersky, diplomat, poet, and translator
- Anna Olenina, noblewoman and writer
- Manana Orbeliani, Georgian noblewoman and salonist
- Yehuda Leib Schneersohn, Ukrainian Habad Hasidic rabbi
- Apollon Skalkowski, Polish-Russian historian and writer
- Grigory Skariatin, general
- Yitzchok Sternhartz, Ukrainian Hasidic Jew
- Alexander Sulkhanishvili, Georgian calligrapher, translator, and lexicographer
- Alexey Tyranov, painter
- Khasay Khan Utsmiyev, Kumyk general
- Aleksandr Voskresensky, chemist
- Lavrenty Zagoskin, naval officer and explorer
Deaths
- Alexander Bekleshov, general, government official, Prosecutor general
- Apollon Dashkov, general, Governor of Taganrog
- Mikhail Petrovich Dolgorukov, general killed at Battle of Koljonvirta
- Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alexandrovna of Russia, daughter of Alexander I, died young
- Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, general-in-chief, admiral, and statesman
- Fyodor Rokotov, portrait painter
- Ivan Starov, architect
- Artemy Vedel, Ukrainian composer of military and liturgical music