WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1810
Find out what all happened July to September 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)

A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne. (26. September 1810)

Napoleon annexes the Kingdom of Holland as part of the First French Empire. (9. July 1810)

With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain. (16. September 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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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