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* April 26 – A general amnesty signed by [[Napoleon Bonaparte|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. | * April 26 – A general amnesty signed by [[Napoleon Bonaparte|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 | * 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. | * October 15 – On the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte, French Army General Michel Ney enters Switzerland with 40,000 troops. | ||