WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1810
Find out what all happened January to 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire. (9. July 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)

John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company. (23. June 1810)

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

Beethoven composes Für Elise. (27. April 1810)

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

Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France. (27. August 1810)

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

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

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