What happened in 1802?
82 recorded events in 1802, including 49 in people, 7 in religion & belief systems and 6 in empires & countries.
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Wars & Conflicts 4
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Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot
1802 major battle of the Haitian Revolution
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Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres
1802 battle
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Battle of Poona
1802 battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War
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Batalla de Plaisance
1802 battle
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Amiens
1802 Treaty during the War of the Second Coalition
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Treaty of Bassein
Treaty between the British East India Company and Baji Rao II
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People 49
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Johann Gottlieb Georgi died
German scientist (1729-1802)
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Nguyễn Quang Toản died
Vietnamese emperor
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Ivan Lepyokhin died
Russian scientist (1740-1802)
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André Michaux died
French botanist and explorer (1746-1802)
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Jurij Vega died
Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (1754-1802)
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Franz Aepinus died
German-Russian mathematician (1724-1802)
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August Batsch died
German naturalist (1761-1802)
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Benjamin Logan died
American politician
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Felipe González de Ahedo died
Spanish navigator and cartographer
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Pedro de Alberni died
Spanish soldier (1747-1802)
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Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix died
French astronomer (1718-1802)
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Honoré Blanc died
French engineer
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Jakob Gadolin died
Finnish bishop
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Antonio de León y Gama died
Mexican anthropologist and astronomer
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Manuel Caetano de Sousa died
Architect
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George Fordyce died
British chemist (1736-1802)
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Ernst Anton Nicolai died
German chemist
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René Maugé de Cely died
French zoologist
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Samuel Turner died
British diplomat (1759-1802)
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Thomas Forrest died
English navigator who worked for the British East India Company (1729–1802)
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Sophie Arnould died
French soprano
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Samuel Arnold died
English composer and organist (1740-1802)
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Corona Schröter died
German musician and singer (1751-1802)
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Marie Allard died
French ballerina (1742-1802)
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Camillo Federici died
Italian actor and playwright (1749-1802)
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Etienne Vallée died
French painter (1735-1802)
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Giuseppe Millico died
Italian opera singer
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Isidore Bertheaume died
French violinist and composer
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Anna Stephanie died
Austrian stage actor
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Ebba Morman died
Swedish actress
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Alexandre Dumas born
Born in Villers-Cotterêts. French writer and dramatist (1802–1870).
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Elias Lönnrot born
Born in Sammatti. Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802-1884).
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Lajos Kossuth born
Born in Monok. Hungarian politician (1802–1894).
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Wilhelm Hauff born
Born in Stuttgart. German poet and novelist (1802–1827).
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Harriet Martineau born
Born in Norwich. English writer and sociologist (1802–1876).
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Nikolaus Lenau born
Born in Lenauheim. Austrian poet (1802-1850).
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Louis-Eugène Cavaignac born
Born in Paris. French general and politician (1802-1857).
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Niccolò Tommaseo born
Born in Šibenik. Italian linguist (1802-1874).
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Lydia Maria Child born
Born in Medford. American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880).
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Ion Heliade Rădulescu born
Born in Târgoviște. Academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician (1802-1872).
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Mariano Arista born
Born in San Luis Potosí. President of Mexico (1851–1853).
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Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg born
Born in Eutin. German philosopher, philologist, Prussian university professor (1802-1872).
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Husein Gradaščević born
Born in Gradačac. Bosnian Muslim general (1802–1834).
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Arnold Ruge born
Born in Bergen auf Rügen. German philosopher and political writer (1802–1880).
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Paul-Émile Botta born
Born in Turin. French archaeologist (1802–1870).
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Robert Chambers born
Born in Peebles. Scottish publisher and writer (1802–1871).
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Manuel María Lombardini born
Born in Mexico City. President of Mexico (1853).
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Adolphe Niel born
Born in Muret. French Army general and statesman, also Marshal of France (1802-1869).
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Charles Lenormant born
Born in Paris. French archaeologist (1802–1859).
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Science & Technology 2
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Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory
Astronomical observatory
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Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Valencia
Cultural property in Valencia, Spain
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Indian Echo Caverns
Cave in Pennsylvania, United States
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Religion & Belief Systems 7
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İske Taş Mosque
Mosque in Yaña Bistä microdistrict, Waxitof City District, Qazan, Tatarstan
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Camerino Cathedral
Church building in Camerino, Italy
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Metropolitan Cathedral
Church in Cali, Colombia
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Temple of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa"
Roman Catholic church in Mexico City
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Osman Pazvantoglu Mosque
Osman Pazvantoglu Mosque (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Sanctuary of Beata Vergine della Creta
Sanctuary of Beata Vergine della Creta (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Trinity cathedral (Klin)
Temple in Klin, Russia
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Economy & Trade 4
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DuPont
American multinational chemical company
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Clifford Chance
London headquartered multinational law firm
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Georg Fischer AG
Swiss industrial company
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Handelshuset Ekman
Swedish company
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1802 Vrancea earthquake
Early days of the Romanian earthquakes
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Architecture & Engineering 4
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Wrangel Palace
Has a long history. The southern tower used to be part of Gustav Vasa's defence fortifications from the 1530s
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Feda Church
Church building in Kvinesdal, Southern Norway
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Satu Mare Chain Church
Church
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Konsmo Church
Church building in Audnedal, Southern Norway
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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Saratov Drama Theater I. Slonov
Theatre in Saratov, Russia
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Masonic Temple and Theater
Masonic temple and theatre in New Bern, North Carolina, also known as St. John's Lodge No. 3
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Empires & Countries 6
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Cisalpine Republic dissolved
Cisalpine Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Milan.
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Nguyen dynasty founded
Nguyen dynasty was founded, with its capital at Huế.
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Tây Sơn dynasty dissolved
Tây Sơn dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Quy Nhon.
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Valais Republic founded
Valais Republic was founded, with its capital at Sion.
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Principality of Salm founded
Principality of Salm was founded, with its capital at Bocholt.
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Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt dissolved
Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt ceased to exist, having been centered at Eichstätt.
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