1810

1810 is the tenth year of the 19th century. Only ninety more years to go until 1900. The first day of the year fell on a Monday. The Napoleonic Wars were in full swing, but it would still be two more years before the United States found themselves wrapped up in the hullabaloo with the War of 1812.

In the 1971 feature film Night of Dark Shadows, the year 1810 played a key role in a flashback sequence. In 1810, Charles Collins had an affair with his brother Gabriel's wife, Angelique. Angelique loved Charles more than she could ever love Gabriel, and the two enjoyed a passionate if albeit brief love affair. Charles learned that Angelique was actually a witch, and that she had cast a spell upon him, which forced him to fall in love with her.

One evening, Gabriel learned of his wife's mystical heritage, as well as her extra-marital indiscretions with Charles. The two brothers came to blows and Gabriel's marriage to Angelique was essentially destroyed. Gabriel alerted a local clergyman named Reverend Strack who promptly had Angelique arrested for witchcraft (he charged her with the mysterious murder of a fellow clergyman named Harridge).

After Angelique's trial and subsequent execution, Charles went insane. He tracked Reverend Strack down and trampled him to death beneath the feet of his horse.