Editing 1802 (section)

=== January–March ===
* January 5 – [[Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin]], British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the [[Elgin Marbles]] from the [[Parthenon]] in Athens, claiming they are at risk of destruction during the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] occupation of Greece; the first shipment departs [[Piraeus]] on board Elgin's ship, the ''Mentor'', "with many boxes of moulds and sculptures", including three marble torsos from the Parthenon.<ref>Christopher Hitchens, ''The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Reunification'' (Verso Books, 2016)</ref>
* January 15 – Canonsburg Academy (modern-day [[Washington & Jefferson College]]) is chartered by the [[Pennsylvania General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=Helen Turnbull Waite|title=Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College|publisher=[[University of Pittsburgh Press]]|year=1956|url=https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp|oclc=2191890|page=[https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp/page/n259 206]|access-date=July 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111075417/https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp|archive-date=November 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
* January 29 – The French [[Saint-Domingue expedition]] (40,000 troops) led by General [[Charles Leclerc (general, born 1772)|Charles Leclerc]] (Bonaparte's brother-in-law) lands in [[Saint-Domingue]] (modern [[Haiti]]) in an attempt to restore colonial rule following the [[Haitian Revolution]] in which [[Toussaint Louverture]] (a black former [[Slavery|slave]]) has proclaimed himself [[President for Life|Governor-General for Life]] and established control over [[Hispaniola]].
* February 3 – Leclerc and the first 5,000 of 20,000 troops arrive at Cap-François (modern [[Cap-Haïtien]]).<ref>Carolyn E. Fick, ''The Making of Haiti: The Saint Domingue Revolution from Below'' (University of Tennessee Press, 1990) p210–211</ref>
* February 17 – The remains of [[Pope Pius VI]] are returned to the Vatican by France; the Pope had died in captivity at [[Valence, Drôme|Valence]], on August 29, 1799.<ref>"Rome", in ''Biography of the Principal Sovereigns of Europe who Have Reigned Since the French Revolution'' (Ogle, Duncan, and Co., 1822) p99</ref>
* February – The [[Rosetta Stone]] is brought to England by Colonel [[Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner]], who arrives at [[Portsmouth]] on the captured French frigate ''L'Egyptiane''.<ref name=Lindsay>Ivan Lindsay, ''The History of Loot and Stolen Art: from Antiquity until the Present Day'' (Andrews UK Ltd., 2014)</ref>
* March 3 – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] publishes his ''[[Piano Sonata No. 14 (Beethoven)|Piano Sonata No. 14]]'', commonly known as the "Moonlight Sonata" (''Mondschein''), in Vienna; the availability of the sheet music is announced by Giovanni Cappi in the newspaper ''Wiener Zeitung''.<ref>Timothy Jones, ''Beethoven: The 'Moonlight' and Other Sonatas, Op. 27 and Op. 31'' (Cambridge University Press, 1999) p20, p129</ref>
* March 11 – The Rosetta Stone is presented to the [[Society of Antiquaries of London]], which in turn presents it to the [[British Museum]].<ref name=Lindsay/>
* March 16 – The [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] is re-established, and the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]] is established under its management, opening on July 4.
* March 25–27 – The [[Treaty of Amiens]] between the French Republic and the United Kingdom ends the [[War of the Second Coalition]]. The treaty also ends the [[French Revolutionary Wars]].
* March 28 – [[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers|H. W. Olbers]] discovers the [[asteroid]] [[2 Pallas|Pallas]].