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 +"As early as [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Napoleon's campaigns into Egypt]] the [[Orientalism|Orient]] fascinated Europe. It was [[Vivant Denon]]'s ''[[Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt]]'' that would kick start [[Egyptomania]]." --Sholem Stein
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-Year '''1802''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCCII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the 12-day slower [[Julian calendar]].+== Art and culture ==
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-== Events ==+
-=== January–March ===+
-* [[January 15]] – Canonsburg Academy (now [[Washington & Jefferson College]]) is chartered by the [[Pennsylvania General Assembly]].+
-* [[March 16]] – [[Army Corps of Engineers]] re-established.+
-* [[March 16]] – United States Military Academy of [[United States Military Academy|West Point]] is established.+
-* [[March 25]]–[[March 27]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Treaty of Amiens]] between [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]] ends the [[War of the Second Coalition]].+
-* [[March 28]] – [[Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers|H. W. Olbers]] discovers the [[asteroid]] [[2 Pallas|Pallas]].+
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-=== April–June ===+
-* [[April 6]] – [[Revenue]] Commission disbanded.+
-* [[April 10]] – [[Great Trigonometric Survey]] of [[India]] begins with the measurement of a baseline near [[Chennai|Madras]].+
-* [[April 26]] – A general amnesty signed by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] allows all but about 1,000 of the most notorious [[émigré]]s of the [[French Revolution]] to return to [[France]], as part of a reconciliary gesture to make peace with the various factions of the ''[[Ancien Regime]]'' that ultimately consolidates his own rule.+
-* [[May 19]] – [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] establishes the [[France|French]] ''[[légion d'honneur]]'' ([[Legion of Honour]]).+
-* [[May 20]] – By the [[Law of 20 May 1802]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] reinstates slavery in the [[French colonies]], revoking its abolition in the [[French Revolution]].+
-* [[June 1]] – [[United States Patent and Trademark Office|Patent and Trademark Office]] within [[Department of State]]+
-* [[June 2]] – [[Indigenous Australian]] [[Pemulwuy]], a leader of the resistance to European settlement of [[Australia]], is shot dead by Henry Hacking.+
-* [[June 8]] – [[Haiti]]an [[revolutionary]] [[Toussaint L'Ouverture]] is seized by [[France|French]] troops and sent to [[Fort de Joux]] for prison.+
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-=== July–September ===+
-* July – [[Eleuthère Irénée du Pont]] founds [[E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company]], the modern [[DuPont Company]].+
-* [[July 4]] – At [[West Point, New York|West Point]], [[New York]] the [[United States Military Academy]] opens. +
-* [[July 5]]–[[August 28]] – A [[United Kingdom general election, 1802|general election]] in the [[United Kingdom]] brings victory for the [[Tory Party|Tories]], led by [[Henry Addington]].+
-* [[August 2]] – In a [[Referendum|plebiscite]], [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]] is confirmed as the [[First Consul]].+
* [[September 3]] – [[William Wordsworth]] publishes the poem ''[[Westminster Bridge]]''. * [[September 3]] – [[William Wordsworth]] publishes the poem ''[[Westminster Bridge]]''.
-* [[September 11]] – The [[Italy|Italian]] region of [[Piedmont (Italy)|Piedmont]] becomes a part of the [[French First Republic]].+*''[[Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt |Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte]]'' published
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-=== October–December ===+
-* [[October 2]] – War ends between [[Sweden]] and [[Tripoli]]. The [[United States]] also negotiates peace, but war continues over the size of compensation.+
-* October – The [[France|French]] army enters [[Switzerland]].+
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-=== Date unknown ===+
* [[Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus|Treviranus]] uses the term [[biology]] for the first time. * [[Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus|Treviranus]] uses the term [[biology]] for the first time.
* [[Thomas Wedgwood (photographer)|Thomas Wedgwood]] publishes an account of his experiments in [[photography]], along with [[Humphry Davy]]. Since they had no means of fixing the image, their photographs quickly faded. * [[Thomas Wedgwood (photographer)|Thomas Wedgwood]] publishes an account of his experiments in [[photography]], along with [[Humphry Davy]]. Since they had no means of fixing the image, their photographs quickly faded.
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* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] performs his ''[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]'' for the first time. * [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] performs his ''[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Moonlight Sonata]]'' for the first time.
* The English Parliament forbids [[pauper]] apprentices. * The English Parliament forbids [[pauper]] apprentices.
-* The [[Nguyen Dynasty]] starts to rule in [[Vietnam]].+*[[Paris Salon of 1802]]
== Births == == Births ==
-=== January–June ===+*[[Émile de Girardin]] (d. 1881)
-* [[January 3]] – [[Charles Pelham Villiers]], British politician (d. [[1898]])+*[[Constantin Guys]] (d. 1892)
-* [[February 11]] – [[Lydia Maria Child]], American abolitionist author (d. [[1880]])+
-* [[February 19]] – [[Wilhelm Matthias Naeff]], Swiss Federal Councillor (d. [[1881]])+
* [[February 26]] – [[Victor Hugo]], French author (d. [[1885]]) * [[February 26]] – [[Victor Hugo]], French author (d. [[1885]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Edwin Henry Landseer]], British painter (d. [[1873]]) * [[March 7]] – [[Edwin Henry Landseer]], British painter (d. [[1873]])
-* [[April 4]] – [[Dorothea Dix]], American activist (d. [[1887]]) 
-* [[May 2]] – [[Heinrich Gustav Magnus]], German chemist and physicist (d. [[1870]]) 
-* [[June 23]] – [[Pavel Nakhimov]], Russian admiral (d. [[1855]]) 
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-=== July–December === 
* [[July 24]] – [[Alexandre Dumas, père]], French author (d. [[1870]]) * [[July 24]] – [[Alexandre Dumas, père]], French author (d. [[1870]])
-* [[July 26]] – [[Mariano Arista]], [[President of Mexico]] (d. [[1855]]) 
-* [[August 4]] – [[Joseph Bonnell]], Hero of the Texas Revolution (d. [[1840]]) 
-* [[August 5]] – [[Niels Henrik Abel]], Norwegian mathematician (d. [[1829]]) 
-* [[September 19]] – [[Lajos Kossuth]], Hungarian politician (d. [[1894]]) 
-* [[October 31]] – [[Benoît Fourneyron]], French engineer (d. [[1867]])  
-* [[November 9]] – [[Elijah P. Lovejoy]], American abolitionist (d. [[1837]]) 
-* [[November 19]] – [[Solomon Foot]], American politician (d. [[1866]]) 
-* [[December 15]] – [[Janos Bolyai]], Hungarian mathematician (d. [[1860]]) 
-* [[December 23]] – [[Sara Coleridge]], British scholar (d. [[1852]]) 
== Deaths == == Deaths ==
-=== January–June === 
-* [[February 2]] – [[Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip]], British statesman (b. [[1713]]) 
-* [[February 3]] – [[Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes]], Spanish statesman and writer (b. [[1723]]) 
-* [[February 26]] – [[Esek Hopkins]], American Revolutionary War admiral (b. [[1718]]) 
* [[April 18]] – [[Erasmus Darwin]], English physician and botanist (b. [[1731]]) * [[April 18]] – [[Erasmus Darwin]], English physician and botanist (b. [[1731]])
-* [[May 22]] – [[Martha Washington]], first First Lady of the United States (b. [[1731]]) 
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-=== July–December === 
-* [[July 22]] – [[Marie François Xavier Bichat]], French anatomist and physiologist (b. [[1771]]) 
-* [[August 10]] – [[Franz Aepinus]], German philosopher (b. [[1724]]) 
-* [[September 26]] – [[Jurij Vega]], Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and soldier (b. [[1754]]) 
* [[November 9]] – [[Thomas Girtin]], English artist (b. [[1775]]) * [[November 9]] – [[Thomas Girtin]], English artist (b. [[1775]])
* [[November 15]] – [[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]], English artist (b. [[1734]]) * [[November 15]] – [[George Romney (painter)|George Romney]], English artist (b. [[1734]])
-* [[November 16]] – [[André Michaux]], French botanist (b. [[1746]]) 
-* [[December 5]] – [[Lemuel Francis Abbott]], English portrait painter (b. [[1716]]) 
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