1810
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1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- January 10 – Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled
- January 20 – Tyrolean rebel leader Andreas Hofer executed
- March 11 – Napoleon marries Marie-Louise of Austria
- April 19 – Venezuela achieves home rule: Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a Junta is installed.
- May 10 – Revolutionary occupation of Buenos Aires town hall.
- May 25 – Armed citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Viceroy from Spain and establish a provincial government for Argentina.
- June 8 – Birth of Robert Schumann, German composer.
- June 23 – John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
- July – Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland.
- July 20 – Colombia declares independence from Spain.
- 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 six month journey around the tip of South America, the ship will arrive at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men will establish fur-trading town of Astoria.
- September 16 – Dieciséis de septiembre, the Independence Day of the Republic of Mexico
- 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.
- 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 von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
- King George III of England recognized as insane
- Amadou Lobbo initiates the Tukulor War in present-day Mali.
- Russia acquires Sukhumi through a treaty with Abkhazian dukes, and declares a protectorate over the whole of Abkhazia.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 3 – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Irish traveler (d. 1897)
- February 5 – Ole Bull, Norwegian violinist (d. 1880)
- February 11 – Loisa Puget, composer
- March 1 – Frédéric Chopin, Polish composer (d. 1849)
- March 2 – Pope Leo XIII (d. 1903)
- May 23 – Margaret Fuller, American journalist and feminist (d. 1850)
- June 8 – Robert Schumann, German composer and pianist (d. 1856)
- July 21 – Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist (d. 1878)
- 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)
- Henry Rowe, architect
Deaths
- February 20 – Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean national hero (executed) (b. 1767)
- July 19 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Prussia (b. 1776)
- November 11 – Johann Zoffany, German-born painter (b. 1733)
- November 11 – John Laurance, American attorney, statesman, and judge (b. 1750)
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