WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1810
Find out what all happened January to December 1810

Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. (9. August 1810)

May Revolution: citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the May week, starting the Argentine War of Independence. (25. May 1810)

Major-General Lachlan Macquarie CB officially becomes Governor of New South Wales (1. January 1810)

The Royal Navy seizes Guadeloupe. (4. February 1810)

The Berners Street Hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London. (27. November 1810)

United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida. (27. October 1810)

Citizens of Bogotá, New Granada declare independence from Spain. (20. July 1810)

Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, is executed. (20. February 1810)

Venezuela achieves home rule: Vicente Emparan, Governor of the Captaincy General is removed by the people of Caracas and a junta is installed. (19. April 1810)

First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such. (18. September 1810)

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. (12. October 1810)

Battle of Grand Port – the French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet. (28. August 1810)

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 arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon. (8. September 1810)

Sarah Booth debuts at the Royal Opera House. (23. November 1810)

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates. (21. August 1810)

The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution. (26. August 1810)

The Governor of Caracas declares independence from Spain. (20. April 1810)

Sweden declares war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever takes place. (17. November 1810)

The newspaper Gazeta de Buenos Ayres was first published in Argentina. (7. June 1810)

Beethoven composes Für Elise. (27. April 1810)