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.

Contents

1 Awards 2 Events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Awards

• Copley Medal: William Hyde Wollaston

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)