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unusual facts about Sculptures of the ''Fontaine Desaix'', ca. 1802, originally in the Place Dauphine



1802 in the United States

U.S. House of Representatives elections: 142 representatives are elected, 36 more than the 7th Congress, following reapportionment from the 1800 United States Census.

Comfort Tyler

In April 1802, Tyler was the Federalist candidate for Congress in New York's 16th congressional district but was defeated by Dem.

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 is a sonnet by William Wordsworth describing London and the River Thames, viewed from Westminster Bridge in the early morning.

Delaware's at-large congressional district special election, 1805

Bayard had earlier served in the House in the 5th, 6th, and 7th Congresses before being narrowly defeated for re-election in 1802 by Caesar A. Rodney, whom he, in turn, defeated in 1804.

Margate, Tasmania

An observatory was set up on a small island at the mouth of the North West Bay River to observe a solar eclipse and a number of aborigines were encountered during the expedition's stay.

The Canonization

New Critic Cleanth Brooks used the poem, along with Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Man" and William Wordsworth's "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802", to illustrate his argument for paradox as central to poetry.

Thomas Boude

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1802 to the Eighth Congress.


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