1802 - What happened in 1802 ?

January 1802

Tuesday 26:

The U.S. Congress passes an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol; eventually this becomes the Library of Congress.

March 1802

Tuesday 16:

The United States Military Academy West Point is established.

Thursday 25:

The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and United Kingdom.

Sunday 28:

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.

April 1802

Thursday 15:

William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy come across a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

May 1802

Wednesday 19:

The Légion d'Honneur is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte.

July 1802

Sunday 04:

At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.