History
1802
General
Population: 994 Million*
- Archaeology: G.F. Grotefend deciphers Babylonian cuneiform, Schelling, Daniel Webster (neutral nations), "Peerage" published in London
Artists include Canova (Napoleon sculpture), Period of Classical Empire style, Gerars "Madame Recamier"
Music includes Beethoven, JN Forkel writes about life of JS Bach
- Entertainment: Writers include Sir Walter Scott, Mme. De Stael, Jeremy Bentham (legislation),
- Science: Dalton introduces atomic theory into chemistry
William Herschel discovers binary stars
Gottfried Treviranus coins term "biology" - used by Lamarck
Watchmaker argument for creation proposed
- Technology: Worlds first steam ship Charlotte Dundas built in Scotland
Oliver Evans invents high-pressure steam engine
- Deaths: Philosopher Franz Aepinus, Scientist Erasmus Darwin, Painter George Romney, Jurist John Lowell,
Africa
- General: Portuguese explorers cross Africa from West to East
- Bechuanaland: (Botswana) Englishmen John Truter and William Somerville explore
- South Africa: Cape Colony restored to Dutch
Americas
- Ecuador: Alexander von Humboldt almost climbs Mount Chimborao
- Santo Domingo: (Haiti) France suppresses Negro rebellion in Santo Domingo led by Toussaint-L'Ouverture
Black Hatians re-enslaved
Yellow Fever cripples Napoleon's army
Asia
- Vietnam: Emperor Gia-Long begins reign - Nguyen Anh unifies Vietnam and rules from Hue as the first Nguyen emperor
Europe
- General: Peace of Amiens between Britain and France
- France: Napoleon creates order of Legion of Honor, becomes Consul for Life
Napoleon's troops in West decimated by malaria – 29,000/33,000 die
French decided to focus on Europe - was looking to relinquish control of new world
- Great Britain: Duke of Richmond introduces horse racing in Goodwood
"Health and Morals of Apprentices" act
First child labor laws in Britain – unenforced
West India Docks in London built
- Italian States: Napoleon becomes president of Italian Republic (formerly Cisalpine) – annexes Piedmont Parma and Piacenza
- Norway: Storm kills 26
Middle East
Pacific
- Australia: Matthew Flinders circumnavigates Australia to 1803
President:
Pres: Thomas Jefferson
General
- Culture: Thomas Paine returns to the US from adventures in Europe
- Politics: Federalists complain that Pres has no power to purchase lands (Opposite of their flexible position earlier)