1802 in science
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The year 1802 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1801 in science, other events of 1802, 1803 in science and the list of years in science.
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Awards
Events
- H. W. Olbers discovers the second asteroid Pallas on March 28.
Births
- February 6 - Charles Wheatstone, inventor († 1875)
- August 5 – Niels Henrik Abel, mathematician († 1829)
- December 15 - Janos Bolyai, mathematician († 1860)
Deaths
- April 18 - Erasmus Darwin, author of Zoonomia (born 1731)
- November 16 - André Michaux, French botanist (born 1746)