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What Happened in July 1802

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Historical Events

  • Jul 4 1st US Military Academy opens at West Point, NY
  • Jul 7 1st comic book "The Wasp" is published in Hudson, New York criticizing Republican politicians

Events in 1802

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 1 Gideon Welles, 24th U.S. Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, born in Glastonbury, Connecticut (d. 1878)
  • Jul 3 Joseph Labitzky, Bohemian composer, born in Krásno, Czech Republic (d. 1881)
  • Jul 9 Thomas Davenport, American inventor (invented 1st commercial electric motor), born in Williamstown, Vermont (d. 1851)
  • Jul 12 Charles-Louis Hanssens, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1871)
  • Jul 15 John Barnett, English composer (The Mountain Sylph), born in Bedford, England (d. 1892)
  • Jul 21 David Hunter, American Major General (Union Army), born in Troy, New York (d. 1886)

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

Jul 24 French author (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo), born in Aisne, France

Alexandre Dumas
  • Jul 26 Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (1851-53), born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico (d. 1855)
  • Jul 26 Winthrop Mackworth Praed, English politician and poet, born in London, England (d. 1839)
  • Jul 27 Benedikt Randhartinger, Austrian composer, born in Ruprechtshofen, Austria (d. 1893)
Born in 1802

Famous Deaths

  • Jul 6 Daniel Morgan, American soldier and politician (Battle of Cowpens, Whiskey Rebellion), dies at 66

Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (1771-1802)

Jul 22 French anatomist and physiologist (tissue theory), dies at 30 after falling downstairs at the Hotel-Dieu and acquiring a fever

Marie Francois Xavier Bichat
  • Jul 28 Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72


What Happened in 1802

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