Events from the year 1802 in

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Incumbents

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Alexander I Alexander I may refer to: * Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon 495–454 BC * Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus * Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome * Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 320s), patriarch of ...

Establishments

* Manifesto on the Establishment of Ministries, which established: ** Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire ** Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire ** Ministry of National Education (Russian Empire) ** Ministry of War of the Russian Empire *

Tartu University Library Tartu University Library is an academic library in Tartu, Estonia, belonging to the University of Tartu. It is the largest academic library in the country. The library was founded in 1802 (with its forerunner from 1632). Holdings include appro ...

Imperial Philanthropic Society The Imperial Philanthropic Society (russian: Императорское Человеколюбивое общество) was the largest Charitable organization, charity of the Russian Empire. The Philanthropic Society was founded on 16 May 1802 by ...

* Moscow School of the Order of St Catherine *

Caucasus Governorate Caucasus Governorate (russian: link=no, Кавказская губерния, ''Kavkazskaya guberniya'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, which existed from 1802 until 1822. Its seat was located in Georgiye ...

* Chernigov Governorate *

Kherson Governorate The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922; russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: ''Khersonskaya guberniya''; uk, Херсонська губернія, translit=Khersonska huberniia), was an administrative territorial unit (als ...

* Poltava Governorate *

Taurida Governorate The Taurida Governorate (russian: Тавріическая губернія, modern spelling , ; crh, script=Latn, Tavrida guberniyası, ) or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crime ...

Vitebsk Governorate Vitebsk Governorate (russian: Витебская губерния, ) was an administrative unit ( guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with the seat of governorship in Vitebsk. It was established in 1802 by splitting the Byelorussia Governorate and ...

* Yekaterinoslav Governorate

Births

* Aharon of Karlin (II),

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...

rabbi (d. 1872) * Irakly Baratynsky, general and statesman (d. 1859) * Alexey Buturlin, soldier and statesman (d. 1863) *

Grigory Chernetsov Grigory Grigoryevich Chernetsov (russian: Григорий Григорьевич Чернецов, 1802, Lukh — 1865, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter. He is notable mainly for landscapes of various parts of Russia, produced during hi ...

, painter (d. 1865) *

Konstantin Chevkin Konstantin Vladimirovitch Chevkin (1802–1875) was Minister of Transport in Imperial Russia (1855–1862). Chevkin served in the Imperial Russian Army fighting in the Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) and Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829). He als ...

, general, Minister of Transport 1855-1862 (d. 1875) *

Boris Chorikov Boris Artemyevich Chorikov () (1802–1866) was a Russian graphic artist. Background He is best known for his illustrations in a unique edition called ''Picturesque Karamzin, or Russian history in pictures'' (Russian:''Живописный Ка� ...

, artist and illustrator (d. 1866) *

Praskovya Alexandrovna Hendrikova Countess Praskovya Alexandrovna Hendrikova (née Princess Khilkova; – ) was a Lady-in-waiting to Empress Maria Feodorovna, a favorite of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, the sister of military general Prince Stepan Khilkov, and head of ...

, noblewoman and court figure (d. 1843) *

Alexander Kasimovich Kazembek Alexander Kasimovich Kazembek (russian: Алекса́ндр Каси́мович Казембе́к or ; Azerbaijani: ''Aleksandr Kazımbəy'' or ''Mirzə Kazım-bəy''; Persian: میرزا کاظم بیگ ''Mirzâ Kâzem Beg'') (22 July 1802 � ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

i historian, orientalist, and philologist (d. 1870) *

Alexandra Kolosova Alexandra Mikhailovna Kolosova (russian: Алекса́ндра Миха́йловна Колосова, 16 February 1802, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, - 19 March 1880, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian stage actress, later tran ...

, actor and writer (d. 1880) * Ivan Krasnov, general and writer (d. 1871) * Nikolai Kristofari, helped create Russian banking system (d. 1881) * Nikifor Krylov, painter (d. 1831) *

Nikolai Lavrov Lavrov, Nikolai Vladimirovich (russian: Лавро́в, Никола́й Влади́мирович) (1802–1840) was a well-known Russian baritone opera singer. He sang in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre. He possessed a voice of beautiful timbr ...

, opera singer (d. 1840) *

Alexey Tarasovich Markov Alexey Tarasovich Markov (russian: Алексей Тарасович Марков, 24 March 1802, Veliky Novgorod - 12 March 1878, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian history painter, academician and Professor Emeritus at the Imperial Academy of Art ...

, painter and academic (d. 1878) * Pavel Nakhimov, admiral and war hero (d. 1855) *

Jacob Netsvetov Saint Jacob Netsvetov (Russian: Яков (Иаков) Егорович Нецветов), Enlightener of Alaska, was a native of the Aleutian Islands who became a priest of the Orthodox Church and continued the missionary work of St. Innocent a ...

, Orthodox missionary in Alaska (d. 1864) * Alexander Odoevsky, poet, playwright, Decembrist (d. 1839) *

Alexander Orbeliani Count Alexander Orbeliani (Jambakur-Orbeliani) ( ka, ალექსანდრე ორბელიანი ��ამბაკურ-ორბელიანი}) (May 24, 1802 – December 28, 1869) was a Georgian Romanticist poet, playwright ...

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poet and journalist (d. 1869) * Mikhail Tebenkov, vice admiral, hydrographer (d. 1872) *

Yegor Tolstoy Count Yegor Petrovich Tolstoy russian: Граф Егор Петрович Толстой; 19 July 1802 – 12 March 1874) was an Imperial Russian lieutenant-general, senator, and governor of Taganrog, Kaluga, and Penza. Military career Son of ...

, general, governor, and senator (d. 1874) *

Mikhail Yuzefovich Mikhail Vladimirovich Yuzefovich (russian: Михаил Владимирович Юзефович) (29 June 1802 – 2 June 1889) was the deputy commissioner of the Kiev school district, chairman of the Kiev archaeological commission, and instigato ...

, educator known for efforts to suppress

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

(d. 1889)

Deaths

Franz Aepinus Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (13 December 172410 August 1802) was a German mathematician, scientist, and natural philosopher residing in the Russian Empire. Aepinus is best known for his researches, theoretical and experimental, in electricity an ...

, German mathematician and scientist (b. 1724) * Ivan Argunov, painter (b. 1729) *

Mikhail Kozlovsky Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky (6 November 1753 – 30 September 1802) was a Russian Neoclassical sculptor active during the Age of Enlightenment. Biography Beginning his training at the Imperial Academy of Arts with Anton Losenko in 1764, he we ...

, sculptor (b. 1753) * Ivan Lepyokhin, naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer (b. 1740) * Alexander Radishchev, writer and social critic (b. 1749) *

Darya Petrovna Saltykova Countess Darya Petrovna Saltykova (née Countess Chernyshyova; ; 20 September 1739 – December 23, 1802), was a Russian lady in waiting, socialite and noble and Dame of the Order of St. Catherine's first degree. She was the sister of the lady in ...

, noblewoman and court figure (b. 1739)

References

1802 in Russia Events from the year 1802 in Russia Incumbents * List of Russian monarchs, Monarch – Alexander I of Russia, Alexander I Establishments * Manifesto on the Establishment of Ministries, which established: ** Ministry of Finance of the Russian E ...

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