WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1810
Find out what all happened January to May 1810

Peninsular War: Siege of Cádiz begins. (5. February 1810)

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

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

Beethoven composes Für Elise. (27. April 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)

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)

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

Napoleon Bonaparte divorces his first wife Joséphine. (10. January 1810)

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