WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1808
Find out what all happened January to April 1808

Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal. (11. February 1808)

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. (21. February 1808)

John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first millionaire. (6. April 1808)

The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh. (2. March 1808)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII. (8. April 1808)

The importation of slaves into the United States is banned. (1. January 1808)

The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland. (12. January 1808)

Rum Rebellion, the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in Australia. (26. January 1808)