* 1802 – William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a " long belt " of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.

* 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, as part of a reconciliary gesture with the factions of the Ancien Regime and to eventually consolidate his own rule.

* 1802 – Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet ( d. 1850 )

* 1740 – Samuel Arnold, English composer and organist ( d. 1802 )

* 1802 – Franz Aepinus, German philosopher ( b. 1724 )

** 1802 – 1803 Johann Heinrich Rothpletz ( b. 1766 – d. 1833 )

His siblings included Sarah ( 1802 – 1859 ), Naphtali ( 1807 ), Ralph ( 1809 – 1898 ), and James ( 1813 – 1868 ).

After the defeat of the French Campaign in the Battle of the Nile, in 1801, the British Museum acquired more Egyptian sculpture and in 1802 King George III presented the Rosetta Stone – key to the deciphering of hieroglyphs.

#* Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte ( 1802 – 1839 )

#* Napoleon Charles Bonaparte ( 1802 – 1807 )

* 7 Dukes and Duchess of Parma ( 1731 – 1735, 1748 – 1802, 1814 – 1859 )

** Erasmus Darwin ( 1731 – 1802 ), physician and biologist, grandfather of Charles Darwin ( 1809 – 1882 )

* 1724 – Franz Aepinus, German scientist ( d. 1802 )

In the revival movement France held a foremost place, owing to the reputation and convincing power of the orator, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire ( 1802 – 1861 ).

In England Rees's Cyclopaedia ( 1802 – 1819 ) contains an enormous amount in information about the industrial and scientific revolutions of the time.

Erasmus Darwin ( 12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802 ) was an English physician who turned down George III's invitation to be a physician to the King.

In August 1827, against his mother's wishes, he married Rosina Doyle Wheeler ( 1802 – 1882 ), a famous Irish beauty.

* 1802 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councillor ( d. 1881 )

* 1734 – William Stacy, American Army officer and pioneer ( d. 1802 )

* June 2 – Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States ( d. 1802 )

George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, acquired the land that now is Arlington National Cemetery in 1802, and began construction of Arlington House.

* Martha Washington, ( 1731 – 1802 ), born in New Kent County, wife of president George Washington

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington ( June 2, 1731 – May 22, 1802 ) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States.

John Harvie was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, in 1742, to farmer and Scottish immigrant Col. John Harvie, Sr. ( 1706 – 1767 ) and Martha Gaines Harvie ( 1719 – 1802 ).

Henry did everything he could to stop the wedding, but his useless attempts were put to a stop when a terrible earthquake killed him and his wife Martha ( born 1802 ).

Spencer Pettis was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, to parents John and Martha ( Reynolds ) Pettis in 1802.

Upon reaching his majority in 1802, Custis inherited large amounts of money, land and property from the estates of his father and grandfather, as well as through bequests from Martha and George Washington.

* 1802 – Washington, D. C. is incorporated as a city.

Following the advice of George Washington, John Adams and others, in 1802 Jefferson and Congress agreed to authorize the funding and construction of the United States Military Academy at West Point on the Hudson River in New York.

After Boston returned to Washington, DC, Somers was furloughed on 11 November 1802 to await orders.

* John Lowell ( 1743 – 1802 ), aka The Old Judge, U. S. Federal Judge appointed by President George Washington

The portion of Maryland converted into Washington, DC, had been involved in all Maryland elections form before 1776, until 1802.

From 1789 until 1802, the portion of Maryland converted into Washington, DC, was part of two US Congressional Districts, represented in 1801 by US Rep. John Chew Thomas from Maryland's 2nd, and US Rep. William Craik from Maryland's 3rd.

* Marcus Whitman ( 1802 – 1847 ), missionary physician who in 1843 convinced President Tyler that Oregon, and what is now the state of Washington, should be secured for the United States not Great Britain.

Portions of the township were taken to form Little Egg Harbor Township ( February 13, 1740, now part of Ocean County ), Washington Township ( November 19, 1802 ), Pemberton borough ( December 15, 1826 ), Coaxen Township ( March 10, 1845, now known as Southampton Township ), Pemberton Township ( March 10, 1846 ), Westampton Township ( March 6, 1850 ) and Lumberton Township ( March 14, 1860 ).

Washington was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on November 19, 1802, from portions of Evesham Township, Little Egg Harbor Township and Northampton Township ( now known as Mount Holly Township, New Jersey ).

While in Burlington County, portions of the township were taken to form Washington Township ( November 19, 1802 ) and Bass River Township ( March 30, 1864 ).

He held the position from June 1, 1802 until his death in 1828 in Washington, DC.

In 1802 the stallion, Northumberland, and an English mare were imported, followed shortly thereafter by Washington, a stallion from America.

In 1802, he married Elizabeth Washington, the daughter of Col. Robert Gamble of Richmond.

In April 1802, he ran for election again as a Federalist in the 12th District to which Washington County had been re-districted, but was defeated by Democratic-Republican David Thomas.

From 1800 to 1802, he represented Washington County in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

As Ohio residents organized to write a constitution and be admitted as a state, in 1802 Putnam was elected a Washington county delegate to the Ohio Constitutional Convention.