1802 in Austria

Events from the year 1802 in Austria

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Francis II

Events
Beethoven writes a letter in Heiligenstadt, near Vienna, about his deafness and inexorable decline, which should be only read out after his death.
 * - Gesellschaft der Ärzte in Wien

War of the Second Coalition ended on the 25th March 1802, which resulted in a French victory and the survival of the French First Republic in accordance with the Treaty of Lunéville and Treaty of Amiens.

Births
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (Archduke of Austria, whose death sparked World War I) was born on 17 December 1802.

Eduard von Bauernfeld (famous Austrian Dramatist) was born in Vienna on 13 January 1802.

Leopold Fitzinger (famous Austrian Zoologist) was born in Vienna on 13 April 1802.

Deaths

 * Johann Georg Joseph Spangler (an Austrian Composer) dies on 2 November 1802, (aged 50).