19th » Napoleon or Napoleon Bonaparte founds the Legion of Honour.
20th » By the Law of 20 May 1802, Napoleon I of France or Napoleon Bonaparte reinstates slavery in the French colonial empire known as French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution
Famous Birthdays on May in 1802
2nd » Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870)
Famous Deaths for May 1802
2nd » Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch general and politician, List of colonial governors of the Dutch Gold Coast or Governor-General of the Dutch Gold Coast (b. 1762)
22nd » Martha Washington, American wife of George Washington, 1st First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)