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In the year 1802
159 Notable birthdays
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870).
Born August 5th, 1802 in Villers-Cotterêts. [ref]
Died December 17th, 1870 at 68 years old in Puys (stroke). [ref]
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885).
Born February 26th, 1802 in Besançon. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1885 at 83 years old in Paris (pneumonia).
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria
Austrian archduke (1802-1878).
Born December 17th, 1802 in Vienna.
Died March 8th, 1878 at 75 years old in Vienna.
Harriet Martineau
English writer and sociologist (1802–1876).
Born June 12th, 1802 in Norwich.
Died June 27th, 1876 at 74 years old in Ambleside.
Dorothea Dix
American author and social reformer (1802–1887).
Born April 4th, 1802 in Hampden.
Died July 17th, 1887 at 85 years old in Trenton.
Niels Henrik Abel
Norwegian mathematician (1802–1829).
Born August 5th, 1802 in Finnøy.
Died April 6th, 1829 at 26 years old in Froland (tuberculosis).
Miguel I of Portugal
King of portugal from 1828 to 1834.
Born October 26th, 1802 in Lisbon.
Died November 14th, 1866 at 64 years old in Esselbach.
Charles Wheatstone
British scientist and inventor (1802–1875).
Born February 6th, 1802 in Gloucester.
Died October 19th, 1875 at 73 years old in Paris.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
American minister, journalist, and abolitionist (1802–1837).
Born November 9th, 1802 in Albion.
Died November 7th, 1837 at 34 years old in Alton.
Lydia Maria Child
American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist (1802-1880).
Born February 11th, 1802 in Medford. [ref]
Died October 20th, 1880 at 78 years old in Wayland. [ref]
Edwin Landseer
English painter (1802-1873).
Born March 7th, 1802 in London.
Died October 1st, 1873 at 71 years old in London.
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
French general and politician (1802-1857).
Born October 15th, 1802 in Paris.
Died October 28th, 1857 at 55 years old in Flée.
Gideon Welles
American government official; united states secretary of the navy from 1861 to 1869 (1802–1878).
Born July 1st, 1802 in Glastonbury.
Died February 11th, 1878 at 75 years old in Hartford.
Marcus Whitman
American physician and oregon missionary (1802-1847).
Born September 4th, 1802 in Rushville.
Died November 29th, 1847 at 45 years old in Oregon.
János Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician (1802–1860).
Born December 15th, 1802 in Cluj-Napoca.
Died January 27th, 1860 at 57 years old in Târgu Mureș (pneumonia).
David Hunter
American union general during the civil war (1802–1886).
Died February 2nd, 1886 at 83 years old in Washington, D.C..
Elias Lönnrot
Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional finnish oral poetry (1802-1884).
Born April 9th, 1802 in Sammatti.
Died March 19th, 1884 at 81 years old in Sammatti.
Pavel Nakhimov
Russian fleet commander.
Born July 5th, 1802 in Khmelita.
Died July 12th, 1855 at 53 years old in Sevastopol.
Isaac R. Trimble
Confederate army general (1802–1888).
Born May 15th, 1802 in Culpeper County.
Died January 2nd, 1888 at 85 years old in Baltimore.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
British poet and novelist (1802–1838).
Born August 14th, 1802 in London, Chelsea. [ref]
Died October 15th, 1838 at 36 years old in Cape Coast. [ref]
Casimir Lefaucheux
French gunsmith (1802–1852).
Born January 26th, 1802 in Bonnétable.
Died August 9th, 1852 at 50 years old in Paris.
Phineas Quimby
American writer (1802–1866).
Born February 16th, 1802 in Lebanon.
Died January 16th, 1866 at 63 years old in Belfast.
Wilhelm Hauff
German poet and novelist (1802–1827).
Born November 29th, 1802 in Stuttgart.
Died November 18th, 1827 at 24 years old in Stuttgart (typhus).
Mariano Arista
President of mexico (1851–1853).
Born July 26th, 1802 in San Luis Potosí.
Died August 7th, 1855 at 53 years old in Lisbon.
George Ripley
American social reformer and unitarian minister (1802–1880).
Born October 3rd, 1802 in Greenfield.
Died July 4th, 1880 at 77 years old in New York City.
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