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- April 26 – A general amnesty signed by First Consul Napoleon allows all but about 1,000 of the most notorious émigrés of the French Revolution to return to France as part of a conciliatory gesture to make peace with the various factions of the Ancien Régime that ultimately consolidates his own rule.
- May 20 – The Law of 20 May 1802 was passed by Napoleon, thus reinstating slavery in the French colonies, revoking its abolition in the French Revolution.
- October 15 – On the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte, French Army General Michel Ney enters Switzerland with 40,000 troops.