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1810 ( MDCCCX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1810th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 810th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1810s decade.
1810 in the United States: 1810 in U.S. states; States; Connecticut; Delaware; Georgia; Kentucky; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; Tennessee; Vermont; Virginia; Washington, D.C. List of years in the United States by state or territory
- The second federal census was taken in 1800, and determined the population to be 5,308,483. Of that number, 896,849, about 17% were enslaved. April 24, 1800: Congress chartered the Library of Congress and allocated $5,000 to purchase books.
- Jan. 1, 1801: President John Adams began a tradition of White House receptions on New Year's Day. Any citizen could stand in line, enter the mansion, and shake hands with the president.
- April 4, 1802: Dorothea Dix, an influential reformer who headed efforts to organize Union nurses in the Civil War, was born in Hampden, Maine. Summer 1802: President Thomas Jefferson read a book by explorer Alexander Mackenzie, who had traveled across Canada to the Pacific Ocean and back.
- Feb. 24, 1803: The Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Marshall, decided Marbury v. Madison, a landmark case that established the principle of judicial review.
- May 23, 1810: Margaret Fuller, editor, writer, and feminist icon, was born in Massachusetts. June 23, 1810: John Jacob Astor formed the Pacific Fur Company.
- February 3, 1811: Legendary newspaper editor Horace Greeley was born in Amherst, New Hampshire. May 11, 1811: Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins, were born in Siam, which will lead to them becoming known as the Siamese Twins.
- February 7, 1812: British novelist Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England. March 15, 1812: The Luddites, who were opposed to machines being used in manufacturing, attacked a wool factory in England.
- The Casselsmans Bridge was built in Maryland as part of the National Road, and was the longest stone arch bridge in America at the time. April 23, 1813: Stephen Douglas, U.S. Senator and rival of Abraham Lincoln, was born in Brandon, Vermont.
Feb 28, 2021 · April 30, 1803: Jefferson buys Louisiana from France, doubling the size of the country. July 23, 1803: Robert Emmet (1778–1803) foments a rebellion in Ireland, in an unsuccessful attempt to secure its independence from Great Britain. May 1804: U.S. explorers Lewis and Clark head west on their two-year, 8,000-mile expedition to explore the new ...
The term "eighteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire century from 1 January 1800 to 31 December 1899 (the years beginning with "18"), and is almost synonymous with the 19th century (1801–1900). The decade was a period of drastic change.
1810 ( MDCCCX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1810th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 810th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1810s decade.
