May 20 – By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon reinstates slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution. May – Madame Marie Tussaud first exhibits her wax sculptures in London, having been commissioned, during the Reign of Terror in France, to make death masks of the victims.

New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west.

In 1802, Napoleon ended ten years of warfare with Great Britain under the Peace of Amiens. He used this opportunity to attempt to crush the Haitian Revolution, but the army he sent met with defeat. Napoleon had also re-obtained the North American province of Louisiana from Spain in 1800.

Events. 8 April – Matthew Flinders meets the French explorer Nicolas Baudin at Encounter Bay. 2 June – Pemulwuy is shot and killed following the killing of four white men at Parramatta and Toongabbie. 9 October - The first book printed in Australia appeared.

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.

The Treaty of Amiens in March 1802 ended the French Revolutionary Wars. France blithely declared war against Austria in April 1792 because internal forces—the King, the Fayettists, and the Girondins—believed it was the way to political power.

Between 1788 and 1792, convicts and their gaolers made up the majority of the population—but after this, a population of emancipated convicts began to grow who could be granted land and these people pioneered a non-government private sector economy and were later joined by soldiers whose military service had expired— ...