Events
- March 16 – Congress authorizes the establishment of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
- April 19 – The Judiciary Act of 1802 is enacted, reorganizing the federal court system.
- April 30 – The Enabling Act of 1802 authorizes the creation of Ohio from the Northwest Territory and sets a precedent for the creation of future states from the western territories.
- June 1 – William Thornton is appointed the first superintendent of the United States Patent Office.
- July 4 – At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
- October 2 – First Barbary War: Fighting ends between Sweden and Tripoli. The United States also negotiates peace, but war continues over the size of compensation.
- October 12 – Joseph Gardner Swift becomes the first graduate of the United States Military Academy.
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Famous quotes containing the word events:
“There are many events in the womb of time which will be delivered.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“When the world was half a thousand years younger all events had much sharper outlines than now. The distance between sadness and joy, between good and bad fortune, seemed to be much greater than for us; every experience had that degree of directness and absoluteness which joy and sadness still have in the mind of a child”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“All strange and terrible events are welcome,
But comforts we despise.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)