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Consul for Life

Aug 2 Napoleon Bonaparte declared "Consul for Life" after winning national referendum

French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
  • Aug 7 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)

Toussaint Louverture Imprisoned

Aug 25 Toussaint Louverture imprisoned in Fort de Joux, Jura, France

General and Revolutionary Toussaint Louverture
  • Aug 27 The West India Quay officially opens - London’s first purpose-built dock, with the then largest brick building in the world [1]
Events in 1802

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 2 Nicholas Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster (1860-65), born in Sevilla, Spain (d. 1865)
  • Aug 5 Niels H. Abel, Norwegian mathematician (Abel's Comparisons), born in Nedstrand, Norway (d. 1829)
  • Aug 13 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungarian-German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser), born in Lenauheim, Banat, Romania (d. 1850)
  • Aug 14 Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet (Heath's Book of Beauty), born in Chelsea, London (d. 1838)
  • Aug 20 Cadwalader Ringgold, American Commander (Union Navy), born in Washington County, Maryland (d. 1867)
Born in 1802

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 3 Henry, Prince of Prussia and diplomat (led armies during Silesian Wars and the Seven Years' War), dies at 76
  • Aug 10 Franz Aepinus, German physician and physicist, dies at 77
  • Aug 23 Corona Schröter, German singer. and composer, dies at 51


What Happened in 1802

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