Events from 1808

Wilhelm Schallmayer wins Krupp Prize for essay on heredity and selection in Prussia

Ernst Zermelo develops axiomatic set theory to resolve Russell's Paradox

Humphry Davy isolates barium, calcium, magnesium, and strontium

Gow v. Berry - English case establishes partnership at will can be dissolved by any partner at any time

Scharnhorst implements Krumpersystem - rotating short-term conscripts to build trained reserve army despite Napoleon's 42,000-man limit