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What Happened in June 1802

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Historical Events

  • Jun 4 Grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel

Louverture Captured

Jun 15 Toussaint Louverture leaves Haiti, prisoner on French ship Héros

General and Revolutionary Toussaint Louverture
Events in 1802

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 2 Adrian van der Hoop Jr, Dutch poet and critic (d. 1841)
  • Jun 12 Harriet Martineau, British controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist, born in Norwich, Norfolk, England (d. 1876)
Born in 1802

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 2 Pemulwuy [Bembilwuyam] Indigenous Australian (Bidjigal) who resisted colonization, shot to death, his head later sent to Joseph Banks (b. c. 1750) [1]
  • Jun 28 Johann Jakob Engel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark), dies at 60


What Happened in 1802

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