What happened in 1802?

Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot

Wars & Conflicts · Saint-Marc

1802 major battle of the Haitian Revolution

Battle of Ravine-à-Couleuvres

Wars & Conflicts · Artibonite

1802 battle

Battle of Poona

Wars & Conflicts · Pune

1802 battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War

Batalla de Plaisance

Wars & Conflicts · Plaisance

1802 battle

Wahhabi sack of Karbala

Wars & Conflicts · Karbala

1802 sack of a city

First Battle of Tripoli Harbor

Wars & Conflicts · Port of Tripoli

1802 naval battle

Action of 27 May 1802

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1802 naval battle between Portugal and the Regency of Algiers

Action of 17 June 1802

Wars & Conflicts · Cape Palos

1802 naval battle

Batalla de Kellola

Wars & Conflicts · Port-de-Paix

1802 battle

Fort Nuestra Señora de la Soledad

Wars & Conflicts

fortification in Guam built by the Spanish probably between 1802 and 1819

Fort San Jose

Wars & Conflicts

former Spanish fortification on the island of Guam

Treaty of Amiens

Politics & Government

1802 Treaty during the War of the Second Coalition

Treaty of Bassein

Politics & Government · Pathein

Treaty between the British East India Company and Baji Rao II

Concordat of 1801

Politics & Government · Paris

Peace treaty

Johann Gottlieb Georgi died

People · Saint Petersburg

German scientist (1729-1802)

Nguyễn Quang Toản died

People · Huế

Vietnamese emperor

Ivan Lepyokhin died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian scientist (1740-1802)

André Michaux died

People · Toamasina

French botanist and explorer (1746-1802)

Jurij Vega died

People · Nussdorf

Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (1754-1802)

Franz Aepinus died

People · Tartu

German-Russian mathematician (1724-1802)

August Batsch died

People · Jena

German naturalist (1761-1802)

Benjamin Logan died

People · Augusta County

American politician

Felipe González de Ahedo died

People · Cádiz

Spanish navigator and cartographer

Pedro de Alberni died

People · Monterey

Spanish soldier (1747-1802)

Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix died

People · Toulouse

French astronomer (1718-1802)

Honoré Blanc died

People · Roanne

French engineer

Jakob Gadolin died

People · Turku

Finnish bishop

Antonio de León y Gama died

People · Mexico City

Mexican anthropologist and astronomer

Manuel Caetano de Sousa died

People · Lisbon

Architect

George Fordyce died

People · London

British chemist (1736-1802)

Ernst Anton Nicolai died

People · Jena

German chemist

René Maugé de Cely died

People · Tasmania

French zoologist

Samuel Turner died

People · London

British diplomat (1759-1802)

Thomas Forrest died

People · Edinburgh

English navigator who worked for the British East India Company (1729–1802)

Sophie Arnould died

People · former 4th arrondissement of Paris

French soprano

Samuel Arnold died

People · London

English composer and organist (1740-1802)

Corona Schröter died

People · Ilmenau

German musician and singer (1751-1802)

Marie Allard died

People · Paris

French ballerina (1742-1802)

Camillo Federici died

People · Turin

Italian actor and playwright (1749-1802)

Etienne Vallée died

People · Paris

French painter (1735-1802)

Giuseppe Millico died

People · Naples

Italian opera singer

Isidore Bertheaume died

People · Saint Petersburg

French violinist and composer

Anna Stephanie died

People · Vienna

Austrian stage actor

Ebba Morman died

People · Stockholm

Swedish actress

Alexandre Dumas born

People · Villers-Cotterêts

Born in Villers-Cotterêts. French writer and dramatist (1802–1870).

Elias Lönnrot born

People · Sammatti

Born in Sammatti. Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry (1802-1884).

Lajos Kossuth born

People · Monok

Born in Monok. Hungarian politician (1802–1894).

Wilhelm Hauff born

People · Stuttgart

Born in Stuttgart. German poet and novelist (1802–1827).

Harriet Martineau born

People · Norwich

Born in Norwich. English writer and sociologist (1802–1876).

Nikolaus Lenau born

People · Lenauheim

Born in Lenauheim. Austrian poet (1802-1850).

Louis-Eugène Cavaignac born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French general and politician (1802-1857).

Niccolò Tommaseo born

People · Šibenik

Born in Šibenik. Italian linguist (1802-1874).

Lydia Maria Child born

People · Medford

Born in Medford. American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880).

Ion Heliade Rădulescu born

People · Târgoviște

Born in Târgoviște. Academic, Romantic and Classicist poet, essayist, memoirist, short story writer, newspaper editor and politician (1802-1872).

Mariano Arista born

People · San Luis Potosí

Born in San Luis Potosí. President of Mexico (1851–1853).

Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg born

People · Eutin

Born in Eutin. German philosopher, philologist, Prussian university professor (1802-1872).

Husein Gradaščević born

People · Gradačac

Born in Gradačac. Bosnian Muslim general (1802–1834).

Arnold Ruge born

People · Bergen auf Rügen

Born in Bergen auf Rügen. German philosopher and political writer (1802–1880).

Paul-Émile Botta born

People · Turin

Born in Turin. French archaeologist (1802–1870).

Robert Chambers born

People · Peebles

Born in Peebles. Scottish publisher and writer (1802–1871).

Manuel María Lombardini born

People · Mexico City

Born in Mexico City. President of Mexico (1853).

Adolphe Niel born

People · Muret

Born in Muret. French Army general and statesman, also Marshal of France (1802-1869).

Charles Lenormant born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French archaeologist (1802–1859).

Miguel I of Portugal born

People · Lisbon

Born in Lisbon. King of Portugal from 1828 to 1834.

Frederick William, Elector of Hesse born

People · Hanau

Born in Hanau. Last Elector of Hesse-Kassel.

Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory

Science & Technology · Bergedorf

Astronomical observatory

Jardín Botánico de la Universidad de Valencia

Science & Technology

Cultural property in Valencia, Spain

United States Military Academy

Science & Technology · United States Military Academy grounds and facilities

Federal service academy in West Point, New York, United States

École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr

Science & Technology

French military academy

Royal Military College, Sandhurst

Science & Technology · Berkshire

British Army military academy

Indian Echo Caverns

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Pennsylvania, United States

İske Taş Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Yaña Bistä

Mosque in Yaña Bistä microdistrict, Waxitof City District, Qazan, Tatarstan

Camerino Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Camerino, Italy

Metropolitan Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Cali, Colombia

Temple of San Felipe Neri "La Profesa"

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic church in Mexico City

Osman Pazvantoglu Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Sanctuary of Beata Vergine della Creta

Religion & Belief Systems

Trinity cathedral (Klin)

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Klin, Russia

Jewish cemetery (Góra Kalwaria)

Religion & Belief Systems

A Jewish cemetery in Gora Kalwaria

Saint Florian church in Stalowa Wola

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple Saint-Jacques de Mazamet

Religion & Belief Systems

Meeting house located in Tarn, in France

Zhushan Shadong Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Marienkirche

Religion & Belief Systems

Protestant Saint Mary's Church in Duisburg

Lutheran church in Engure

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 8754

Spurwink Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maine, United States of America

Chapel of Saint Joseph

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Bukovany, Czech Republic

DuPont

Economy & Trade · Wilmington

American multinational chemical company

Clifford Chance

Economy & Trade · 10 Upper Bank Street

London headquartered multinational law firm

Georg Fischer AG

Economy & Trade · Schaffhausen

Swiss industrial company

Handelshuset Ekman

Economy & Trade · Gothenburg

Swedish company

1802 Vrancea earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Early days of the Romanian earthquakes

Wrangel Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Has a long history. The southern tower used to be part of Gustav Vasa's defence fortifications from the 1530s

Feda Church

Architecture & Engineering · Feda

Church building in Kvinesdal, Southern Norway

Satu Mare Chain Church

Architecture & Engineering · Satu Mare

Church

Konsmo Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Audnedal, Southern Norway

Dhar Zamindar Bari

Architecture & Engineering

Historical palace in Dhamrai, Dhaka

Monument to the Magdeburg Rights, Kyiv

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine

First Free Will Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church in Meredith, New Hampshire

Viney Fork Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Kentucky, United States of America

Church of Saint Peter of the Clergymen

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Salvador, Brazil

Church of the Providence of God in Jaworze

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in Jaworze, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Saratov Drama Theater I. Slonov

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Saratov, Russia

Masonic Temple and Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Masonic temple and theatre in New Bern, North Carolina, also known as St. John's Lodge No. 3

Cisalpine Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Milan

Cisalpine Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Milan.

Nguyen dynasty founded

Empires & Countries · Huế

Nguyen dynasty was founded, with its capital at Huế.

Tây Sơn dynasty dissolved

Empires & Countries · Quy Nhon

Tây Sơn dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Quy Nhon.

Valais Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Sion

Valais Republic was founded, with its capital at Sion.

Principality of Salm founded

Empires & Countries · Bocholt

Principality of Salm was founded, with its capital at Bocholt.

Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt dissolved

Empires & Countries · Eichstätt

Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt ceased to exist, having been centered at Eichstätt.

Italian Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Milan

Italian Republic was founded, with its capital at Milan.