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Events in June 1808 2
1808Bayonne AbdicationsNapoleon installs his brother Joseph as King of SpainNapoleon summoned Ferdinand VII to Bayonne and pressured him and his father Charles IV into renouncing their claims to the Spanish throne. Napoleon then proclaimed his brother Joseph Bonaparte King of Spain, triggering widespread Spanish resistance.
1808Humphry Davy Isolates Alkaline Earth MetalsElectrolysis yields calcium, barium, strontium, and magnesiumHumphry Davy reported to the Royal Society that he had isolated the previously unknown metals calcium, strontium, barium, and magnesium through electrolysis of their compounds. The discoveries extended the chemical techniques he had used in 1807 to isolate potassium and sodium.