1810
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1780s 1790s 1800s – 1810s – 1820s 1830s 1840s |
| Years: | 1807 1808 1809 – 1810 – 1811 1812 1813 |
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Year 1810 (MDCCCX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1810
[edit] January–March
- January 10 – The marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.
- February 20 – Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer is executed.
- March 4 – The French Army, under the command of Massena, retreats from Portugal.
- March 11 – Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria.
[edit] April–June
- April 19 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparán, Governor of the Captaincy General, is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed.
- April 27 – Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
- May 1 – Macon's Bill No. 2 becomes law.
- May 10 – Revolutionaries occupy Buenos Aires' town hall.
- May 25 – May Revolution: Armed citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy from Spain and establish a provincial government for Argentina.
- June 4 – The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves is founded in Dedham, Massachusetts.
- June 23 – John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
- June : L'art de conserver pendant plusieurs années toutes les substances animales ou végétales, by Nicolas Appert
[edit] July–September
- July 9 – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland.
- July 20 – Colombia declares its independence from Spain.
- August 6 – The city of Santa Cruz de Mompox, in modern-day Colombia, declares independence from the Spanish Empire.
- August 21 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
- September 8 – The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a 6-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria.
- September 16 – Grito de Dolores: Miguel Hidalgo, a Catholic priest from Guanajuato, incites the revolt that becomes Mexico's Independence War.
- September 18 – Chile forms its First National Junta, which is their first step towards its independence.
- September 23 – The Republic of West Florida declares independence from Spain.
- September 26 – A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
[edit] October–December
- October 12 – First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
- October 27 – The United States annexes the Republic of West Florida.
- November 10 – Berners Street Hoax: Theodore Hook manages to attract dozens of people to 54 Berners Street in London.
[edit] Undated
- Amadou Lobbo initiates his jihad in present-day Mali.
- Ching Shih and Chang Pao surrender their pirate fleet to the Chinese government.
- The first steamboat sails on the Ohio River.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe publishes his Theory of Colours.
- King George III of the United Kingdom is recognized as insane.
- Moose become extinct in the Caucasus.
- Russia acquires Sukhumi through a treaty with the Abkhazian dukes, and declares a protectorate over the whole of Abkhazia.
- 18,000 Angolans are sold at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Adult cotton spinners stage a general strike in Manchester.
- Palm oil sales from West Africa to Britain reach 1,000 tons.
- 4,500 chests of opium are sold in China.
- The small wealthy Creole aristocracy uses the removal of the Spanish king as justification for their seizure of political power and their preservation of that power.
[edit] Ongoing events
- Argentine War of Independence (1810–1818)
- Black War (1804–1835)
- Bolivian Independence War (1809–1824)
- Gunboat War (1807–1814)
- Napoleonic Wars (1799–1815) – Peninsular War
- Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
- Russo-Turkish War (1806-1812)
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1810 MDCCCX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2563 |
| Armenian calendar | 1259 ԹՎ ՌՄԾԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -34 – -33 |
| Berber calendar | 2760 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2354 |
| Burmese calendar | 1172 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7318 – 7319 |
| Chinese calendar | 己巳年十一月廿六日 (4446/4506-11-26) — to —
庚午年十二月初六日(4447/4507-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 1526 – 1527 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1802 – 1803 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5570 – 5571 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1865 – 1866 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1732 – 1733 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4911 – 4912 |
| Holocene calendar | 11810 |
| Iranian calendar | 1188 – 1189 |
| Islamic calendar | 1224 – 1225 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunka 7 (文化7年) |
| Korean calendar | 4143 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2353 |
[edit] January–June
- January 3 – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish-French geographer (d. 1897)
- February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)
- March 1[1] – Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1849)
- March 2 – Pope Leo XIII (aka Count Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci) (d. 1903)
- March 10 – Samuel Ferguson, Northern Irish poet and artist (d. 1886)
- May 2 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
- May 23 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (d. 1850)
- June 8 – Robert Schumann, German composer and pianist (d. 1856)
- June 9 – Carl Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor (d. 1849)
[edit] July–December
- July 5 – P. T. Barnum, American showman (d. 1891)
- July 21 – Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)
- September 2 – William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
- September 29 – Elizabeth Gaskell, British novelist (d. 1865)
- October 10 – James W. Marshall, American contractor and builder of Sutter's Mill (d. 1885)
- December 11 – Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
- December 24 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter (d. 1873)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January–June
- January 20 – Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722)
- January 23 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
- February 20 – Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) (b. 1767)
- February 24 – Henry Cavendish, British scientist (b. 1731)
- March 7 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (b. 1750)
- June 7 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (b. 1765)
[edit] July–December
- July 19 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
- August 12 – Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
- October 15 – Alfred Moore, American judge (b. 1755)
- November 11
- Johann Zoffany, German-born painter (b. 1733)
- John Laurance, American attorney, statesman, and judge (b. 1750)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Some sources give February 22; please see Frédéric Chopin: Life for details.
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