page_title: 1808
section_title: January–June
hierarchical_section_title: 1808 / Deaths / January–June
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of John Dickinson, American politician (November 8, 1732 – February 14, 1808)
context_page_description: 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1808th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 808th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1800s decade. As of the start of 1808, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 4 – Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais, Italian general in the French Revolution (b. 1741)
  January 5 – Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Russian soldier and statesman (b. 1737)
  January 8 – William Linn, American President of Queen's College)  (b. 1752)
  February 12 – Anna Maria Bennett, English novelist (d. 1750)
  February 14 – John Dickinson, American lawyer, governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (b. 1732)
  March 13 – King Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1749)
  May 18 –  Elijah Craig, American minister, inventor (b. 1738)
  March 19 – John Redman (physician), American physician (b. 1722)
  May 28 – Richard Hurd, English bishop, writer (b. 1720)
caption: John Dickinson
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