Important Historical Events of the year 1802, Year 1802 in History

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List of 1802 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1802

What happened in the year 1802?

Date	Event
March 16, 1802	The Army Corps of Engineers is established to found and operate the United States Military Academy at West Point.
March 25, 1802	The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
March 28, 1802	Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
April 21, 1802	Twelve thousand Wahhabis sack Karbala, killing over three thousand inhabitants.
April 26, 1802	Napoleon Bonaparte signs a general amnesty to allow all but about one thousand of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France.
May 3, 1802	Washington, D.C. is incorporated as a city after Congress abolishes the Board of Commissioners, the District's founding government. The "City of Washington" is given a mayor-council form of government.
May 19, 1802	Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
May 20, 1802	By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.
May 28, 1802	In Guadeloupe, 400 rebellious slaves, led by Louis Delgrès, blow themselves up rather than submit to Napoleon's troops.
June 4, 1802	King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicates his throne in favor of his brother, Victor Emmanuel.
July 4, 1802	At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.
July 22, 1802	Emperor Gia Long conquers Hanoi and unified Viet Nam, which had experienced centuries of feudal warfare.
September 11, 1802	France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
November 19, 1802	The Garinagu arrive at British Honduras (present-day Belize).