Anniversarial — 2010
1810
The Peninsular War reaches a new stage with Napoleon's army reaching stalemate against the British in Portugal; a large part of the Spanish Empire declares independence from Spain: Venezuela on 19 April, Argentina on 25 May, Colombia on 20 July, Mexico on 16 September and Chile on 18 September.
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2010:
Births
- Buenos Aires, Junta of (founded 1810), Argentinian — governing body
- Chopin, Frédéric François (born 1810–died 1849), Polish — pianist, composer
Deaths
- Abeille, Jeanne Louise [née Libour] (died 1810), French — home-maker
- Anson, Pierre Hubert (born 1744–died 1810), French — civil servant, politician, author
- Baring, Sir Francis, 1st baronet (born 1740–died 1810), English — merchant, banker, East India Company official
- Bensley, Sir William, 1st baronet of Saint Marylebone (born c. 1737–died 1810), English — merchant, East India Company official
- Berthereau, Nicolas Hubert (born 1731–died 1810), French — churchman, Catholic
- Brémond d'Ars, Marie Madeleine de, marquise de Verdelin (born 1728–died 1810), French — aristocrat
- Broom, Jacob (born 1752–died 1810), American — merchant, cloth manufacturer, politician
- Broome, John (born 1738–died 1810), American — merchant, politician, civil servant
- Bruce, Martha, countess of Elgin [née Whyte] (died 1810), Scottish — aristocrat
- Carrington, Edward (born 1748–died 1810), American — lawyer, soldier, politician, army officer, civil servant
- Champion de Cicé, Jérôme Marie, archbishop of Aix-en-Provence (born 1735–died 1810), French — churchman, royalist politician
- Chandler, Reverend Doctor Richard (born 1738–died 1810), English — academic, historian, antiquarian
- Cobenzl, Johann Karl Philipp von, graf von Cobenzl (born 1741–died 1810), Austrian — diplomat, politician, civil servant
- Collins, David (born 1756–died 1810), English — judge, army officer
- Collins, Edward (died after 1810), English — army officer
- Cullen, Robert (born 1742–died 1810), Scottish — lawyer, judge, essayist
- Dashkova, Ekaterina Romanovna, Princess Dashkova [née Vorontsova] (born 1744–died 1810), Russian — aristocrat
- Dornford, Doctor Josiah (born c. 1734–died 1810), English — politician, civil servant, author
- Éon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée d’, chevalier d’Éon (born 1728–died 1810), French — transvestite, secret agent, lawyer, civil servant, censor, army officer, spy
- Fariau de Saint-Ange, Ange François (born 1747–died 1810), French — university teacher, translator
- Fersen, Greve Hans Axel von (born 1755–died 1810), Swedish — army officer
- Fleurot, Jean Baptiste (born 1747–died after 1810), French — civil servant
- Framery, Nicolas Étienne (born 1745–died 1810), French — musician, playwright, poet, journalist, librettist, translator
- Griffin, Cyrus (born 1748–died 1810), American — lawyer, judge
- Griffin, Samuel (born 1746–died 1810), American — politician
- Guiffardière, Charles de (born 1740–died 1810), Belgian — churchman, Protestant, tutor
- Herder, Felix (born 1741–died 1810), Swiss — churchman, Protestant
- Humphry, Ozias (born 1742–died 1810), English — miniaturist, painter
- Jackson, Jonathan (born 1743–died 1810), American — merchant, civil servant, politician, author, essayist
- Joly de Fleury, Jean Omer (born 1715–died 1810), French — magistrate
- Knox, William (born 1732–died 1810), American — government official, pamphleteer, diplomat
- Lafitte, Anne Gédéon, marquis de Pelleport (born c. 1755–died 1810), French — aristocrat, army officer, spy
- Le Danois de Cernay, Marie Françoise Augustine Ursule, comtesse de La Marck (born 1757–died 1810), French — aristocrat
- Leffingwell, Christopher (born 1734–died 1810), American — merchant, manufacturer, tax official
- Legge, George, 3rd earl of Dartmouth (born 1755–died 1810), English — aristocrat, politician, member of Parliament
- Le Moyne des Essarts, Nicolas Toussaint (born 1744–died 1810), French — lawyer, legal author, bibliographer, scholar, bibliophile, collector
- Lincoln, Benjamin (born 1733–died 1810), American — revolutionary army officer, politician
- Menou, Jacques François de (born 1750–died 1810), French — army officer, politician, regional governor
- Morgan, George (born 1743–died 1810), American — merchant, speculator
- Morris, Richard (born 1730–died 1810), American — lawyer, judge
- Naigeon, Jacques André (born 1738–died 1810), French — academy member
- Nesselrode-Ereshofen, Maximilian Julius Wilhelm Franz von, graf von Nesselrode-Ereshofen (born 1724–died 1810), German — aristocrat, army officer, courtier, diplomat
- Noverre, Jean Georges (born 1727–died 1810), French — dancer, choreographer, author
- Olivier de Corancez, Guillaume (born 1734–died 1810), French — financier, newspaper owner
- Parker, Josiah (born 1751–died 1810), American — army officer, politician
- Perret, Jean François (born 1744–died after 1810), French — goldsmith, politician, revolutionary
- Powell, Leven (born 1737–died 1810), American — merchant, farmer, politician
- Radix de Sainte-Foy, Claude Pierre Maximilien (born 1736–died 1810), French — civil servant, diplomat
- Rivarol, Louisa Henrietta de (born before 1749–died 1810), French — author, translator
- Roberts, John (died 1810), unknown nationality — merchant, East India Company official
- Seele, George (born c. 1728–died 1810), English — school teacher, churchman
- Stodart, James (died 1810), Scottish — unknown occupation
- Townshend, Charles, 1st Baron Bayning (born 1728–died 1810), English — politician, member of Parliament
- Treilhard, Jean Baptiste, comte Treilhard (born 1742–died 1810), French — lawyer, politician, revolutionary, government minister
- Walker, Joseph Cooper (born 1761–died 1810), Irish — antiquarian, author
- Washington, William (born 1752–died 1810), American — colonist, plantation owner, army officer
- Whitefoord, Caleb (born 1734–died 1810), Scottish — wine-merchant, poet, diplomat, academy member, tradesman
- Williams, Eleanor [née Hughes] (born 1755–died 1810), Welsh — home-maker
- Windham, William (born 1750–died 1810), English — politician, member of Parliament
- Wodrow, Reverend James (born 1730–died 1810), Scottish — librarian, churchman, Presbyterian
- Wood, Daniel (died before 1810), English — spinet-maker, tradesman
