What Happened in 1810 — Events, Births & Deaths
1810 brings together 9 events, 0 birthdays and 0 deaths recorded across history.
February 1
- February 4
Napoleonic Wars: Britain seizes Guadeloupe.
April 1
- 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.
June 1
- June 7
The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres is first published in Argentina.
August 3
- August 9
Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
- August 21
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
- August 26
The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
September 1
- 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 2
- October 6
A large fire destroys a third of all the buildings in the town of Raahe in the Grand Duchy of Finland.
- October 27
United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.