1902

1902 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1902; MCMII
Ab urbe condita	2655
Armenian calendar	1351; ԹՎ ՌՅԾԱ
Assyrian calendar	6652
Baháʼí calendar	58–59
Balinese saka calendar	1823–1824
Bengali calendar	1309
Berber calendar	2852
British Regnal year	1 Edw. 7 – 2 Edw. 7
Buddhist calendar	2446
Burmese calendar	1264
Byzantine calendar	7410–7411
Chinese calendar	辛丑年 (Metal Ox); 4599 or 4392; — to —; 壬寅年 (Water Tiger); 4600 or 4393
Coptic calendar	1618–1619
Discordian calendar	3068
Ethiopian calendar	1894–1895
Hebrew calendar	5662–5663
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1958–1959
- Shaka Samvat	1823–1824
- Kali Yuga	5002–5003
Holocene calendar	11902
Igbo calendar	902–903
Iranian calendar	1280–1281
Islamic calendar	1319–1320
Japanese calendar	Meiji 35; (明治３５年)
Javanese calendar	1831–1832
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4235
Minguo calendar	10 before ROC; 民前10年
Nanakshahi calendar	434
Thai solar calendar	2444–2445
Tibetan calendar	阴金牛年; (female Iron-Ox); 2028 or 1647 or 875; — to —; 阳水虎年; (male Water-Tiger); 2029 or 1648 or 876

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century; 20th century ; 21st century;
Decades:	1880s; 1890s; 1900s ; 1910s; 1920s;
Years:	1899; 1900; 1901; 1902 ; 1903; 1904; 1905;

Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar.

Events

January–February

January 1: first Rose Bowl college American football game.

January
- In France, Alfred Loisy writes L'évangile et l'Eglise, which inaugurates the Modernist Crisis.
- International Bureau of the American Republics is established.
January 1
- The first college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
- Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world's first registered nurse.
January 8 – A train collision in the New York Central Railroad's Park Avenue Tunnel kills 17, injures 38, and leads to increased demand for electric trains and let to the banning of Steam locomotives in the state.
January 23 – A snowstorm at Mount Hakkoda, northern Honshu, Japan, kills 199 during a military training exercise.
January 28 – The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
February 11 – Police and universal suffrage demonstrators are involved in a physical altercation in Brussels.
February 15 – The Berlin U-Bahn underground is opened.
February 18 – U.S. President Roosevelt prosecutes the Northern Securities Company for violation of the Sherman Act.

March–April

March 6 – Real Madrid: Real Madrid was founded.
March 7 – Second Boer War: South African Boers win their last battle over British forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
March 10 – A Circuit Court prevents Thomas Edison from having a monopoly on motion picture technology.
April 2 – Electric Theatre, the first movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
April 13 – A new car speed record of 74 mph (119 km/h) is set in Nice, France, by Leon Serpollet.
April 19 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocks Guatemala, killing 2,000.
April 26 – Hibernian FC won the Scottish Cup 1–0 against Glasgow Celtic FC, the last time in their history they have won the competition..

May–June

May 5 – The Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australia's Public Service.
May 8 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000.
May 13 – Alfonso XIII of Spain begins his reign.
May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
May 29 – Lord Rosebery opens London School of Economics.
May 31 – The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Boer War.

June 2 – The Anthracite Coal Strike begins in the United States.
June 3 – The Eiffel Tower is struck by lightning at around 9pm.
June 15 – The New York Central railroad inaugurates the 20th Century Limited passenger train between Chicago and New York City, New York.
June 16 – Australia: Female British subjects (with the exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) win the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
June 17 – Norwich City Football Club is formed.
June 26 – Edward VII institutes The Order of Merit.

July–August

July 8 – Service of Reclamation within U.S. Geological Survey.
July 10 – The Rolling Mill Mine disaster in Johnstown, PA kills 112 miners.
July 11
- Lord Salisbury retires as British prime minister.
- The Order of the Garter is conferred on Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.
July 14 – St Mark's Campanile in Venice collapses.
July 21 – Fluminense Football Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
August 1 – 100 miners die in a pit explosion in Wollongong, Australia.
August 9 – Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom.
August 22 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first American President to ride in an automobile when he rides in a Columbia Electric Victoria through Hartford, Connecticut.
August 24 – A statue of Joan of Arc was unveiled in Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
August 30 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts again, destroying the town of Morne-Rouge causing 1000 deaths.

September–October

October 16 – The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K.
October 21 – In the United States, a five month strike by the United Mine Workers ends.

November–December

November 30 – American Old West: The second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, Kid Curry Logan, is sentenced to 20 years hard labor.
December – The Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903 occurs (until February 1903), in which Britain, Germany and Italy sustain a naval blockade on Venezuela in order to enforce collection of outstanding financial claims. This prompts the development of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
December 10 – The first Aswan Dam on The Nile is completed.
December 31 – Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point thus far by man at 82°17'S.

Date unknown

Nathan B. Stubblefield demonstrates his mobile phone device in Kentucky.
The insurrection ends in the Philippines.
Capital of French Indochina moved from Saigon (in Cochinchina) to Hanoi (Tonkin).
Completion of Paul Doumer Bridge linking both sections of Hanoi.
The Potawatomi Zoo (the oldest zoo in Indiana) opens in South Bend.

Births

January–February

January 1 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
January 2 – Dan Keating, Irish republican (d. 2007)
January 9
- Rudolph Bing, Austrian-born opera manager (d. 1997)
- Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest (d. 1975)
- Ann Nixon Cooper, American activist for African-American people's rights (d. 2009)
January 11 – Maurice Duruflé, French composer (d. 1986)
January 12 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
January 16 – Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (d. 1945)
January 20
- Kevin Barry, Irish republican (d. 1920)
- Leon Ames, American actor (d 1993)
January 22 – Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (d. 1970)
January 24 – E. A. Speiser, American biblical scholar (d. 1965)
January 25
- André Beaufre, French general (d. 1975)
- Pablo Antonio, Filipino modernist architect (d. 1975)
January 26 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
January 31
- Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968)
- Alva Myrdal, Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1986)
February 1 – Langston Hughes, African American writer (d. 1967)
February 2 – Jane Ising, widow of physicist Ernst Ising
February 4
- Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (d. 1974)
- Hartley Shawcross, British barrister and politician (d. 2003)
February 5 – Iwamoto Kaoru, Japanese professional Go player (d. 1999)
February 6 – George Brunies, American jazz trombonist (d. 1974)
February 8 – Demchugdongrub, Mongolian politician (d. 1966)
February 10 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
February 11 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (d. 1971)
February 19
- Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- Eddie Peabody, American musician (d. 1970)
February 20 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
February 26 – Albert Anastasia, American gangster (d. 1957)
February 27
- Gene Sarazen, American golfer (d. 1999)
- John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)

March–April

March 4 – Red Reeder, American soldier and author (d. 1998)
March 7 – Heinz Rühmann, German actor (d. 1994)
March 9 – Will Geer, American actor (d. 1978)
March 16 – Leon Roppolo, American jazz clarinetist (d. 1943)
March 17 – Bobby Jones, American golfer (d. 1971)
March 21 – Son House, American musician (d. 1988)
March 24 – Thomas Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
March 28 – Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
March 29
- William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
- Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967)
March 30 – Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 2007)
April 4
- Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French actress (d. 1969)
- Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
April 8 – Andrew Irvine, British mountaineer (d. 1924)
April 12 – Louis Beel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
April 23 – Halldór Laxness, Icelandic writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
April 25 – Werner Heyde, German psychiatrist (d. 1964)
April 30 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

May–June

May 3 – Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
May 6
- Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
- Harry Golden, American journalist (d. 1981)
May 8 – Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1994)
May 10
- Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (d. 1974)
- David O. Selznick, American film producer (d. 1965)
May 11 – Dick Curtis, American actor (d. 1952)
May 15 – Richard J. Daley, American politician (d. 1976)
May 18 – Meredith Willson, American composer (d. 1984)
May 21
- Earl Averill, American baseball player (d. 1983)
- Marcel Lajos Breuer, Hungarian-born architect (d. 1981)
May 22 – Al Simmons, American baseball player (d. 1956)
May 31 – Billy Mayerl, English pianist and composer (d. 1959)
June 2 – Rosa Rio, American organist and composer (d. 2010)
June 18 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1992)
June 26 – Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor (d. 2010)
June 28 – Richard Rodgers, American composer (d. 1979)

July–August

July 1 – William Wyler, American film director (d. 1981)
July 4
- Vince Barnett, American actor (d. 1977)
- George Murphy, American dancer, actor, and politician (d. 1992)
- Meyer Lansky, Russian-born mobster (d. 1983)
July 8
- Richard Barrett Lowe, American governor of both Guam and American Samoa (d. 1972)
- Gwendolyn Bennett, American writer (d. 1981)
July 10 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
July 16 – Alexander Luria, Russian nevropychologist (d. 1977)
July 28
- Karl Raimund Popper, Austrian philosopher (d. 1994)
- Albert Namatjira, Australian painter (d. 1959)
July 31 – Randolph E. Haugan, American author, editor and publisher (d. 1985)
August 2 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (d. 1971)
August 4 – Clara Peller, American actress (d. 1987)
August 8 – Paul Dirac, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
August 9 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
August 10
- Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
- Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
August 11 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
August 18 – Adamson-Eric, Estonian artist (d. 1968)
August 19
- Ogden Nash, American poet (d. 1971)
- J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)
August 22 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
August 24 – Carlo Gambino, American gangster (d. 1976)
August 25 – Stefan Wolpe, German-born composer (d. 1972)

September–October

September 7 – Roy Barcroft, American actor (d. 1969)
September 12 – Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
September 14 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer, composer, and lyricist (d. 1977)
September 21 – Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (d. 1963)
September 22
- John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer (d. 1988)
- Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Shia cleric (d. 1989)
October 2 – Leopold Figl, former Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)
October 3 – Waldo McBurney, America's oldest worker (d. 2009)
October 5
- Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) (d. 1975)
- Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) (d. 1984)
October 13 – Arna Wendell Bontemps, American writer (d. 1973)
October 18
- Miriam Hopkins, American actress (d. 1972)
- Pascual Jordan, German physicist (d. 1980)
October 25 – Eddie Lang, American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
October 26 – Jack Sharkey, American heavyweight boxing champion (d. 1994)
October 31 – Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (d. 1987)

November–December

November – Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (d. 1973)
November 1 – Eugen Jochum, German conductor (d. 1987)
November 2 – Princess Mafalda of Savoy (d. 1944)
November 9 – Anthony Asquith, British film director (d. 1968)
November 17 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
November 19 – Trevor Bardette, American actor (d. 1977)
November 21 – Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (d. 1982)
November 23 – Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
December 2 – Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
December 5 – Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
December 9 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
December 14 – Frances Bavier, American stage and television actress (d. 1989)
December 20 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
December 23 – Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990)
December 28
- Mortimer Adler, American philosopher (d. 2001)
- Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (d. 1988)

Deaths

January–June

January 11 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer (b. 1862)
February 1 – Salomon Jadassohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1831)
February 15 – Viggo Hørup, Danish politician (b. 1841)
February 18 – Albert Bierstadt, German-born American painter (b. 1830)
February 27
- Harry 'Breaker' Morant, Australian soldier (b. 1864)
- Peter Handcock, Australian soldier (b. 1869)
March 26 – Cecil Rhodes, British imperialist (b. 1853)
April 2 – Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragist judge (b. 1814)
April 12 – Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1841)
April 15 – Jules Dalou, French sculptor (b. 1838)
April 21 – Ethna Carbery, Irish poet (b. 1866)
May 6 – Bret Harte, American writer (b. 1836)
May 26 – Almon Strowger, American inventor (b. 1839)
June 10
- Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
- Auguste Schmidt, German educator and activist (b. 1833)
June 18 – Samuel Butler, British author (b. 1835)
June 19 – Albert, King of Saxony and a member of the House of Wettin (b. 1828)

July–December

July 4 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian religious leader (b. 1863)
July 6 – Maria Goretti, Italian Catholic saint (b. 1890)
August 8 – James Tissot, French artist (b. 1836)
September 5 – Rudolf Virchow, German scientist and politician (b. 1821)
September 6 – Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (b. 1827)
September 19 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku poet (b. 1867)
September 26 – Levi Strauss Inventor of Jeans (b. 1829)
September 29 – Émile Zola, French author (b. 1840)
October 25 – Frank Norris, American novelist (b. 1870)
October 26 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
November 4 – Hale Johnson, American politician (b. 1847)
November 17 – Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh social reformer (b. 1847)
November 23 – Walter Reed, American army physician (b. 1851)
December 3 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
December 4 – Charles Dow, American journalist, co-founder of Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
December 14 – Julia Grant, Wife of President Ulysses S. Grant (b. 1826)
December 22 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German sexologist (b. 1840)
December 23 – Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1821)

Nobel Prizes

Physics – Hendrik Antoon Lorentz and Pieter Zeeman
Chemistry – Hermann Emil Fischer
Medicine – Ronald Ross
Literature – Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen
Peace – Élie Ducommun and Charles Albert Gobat

References

The Annual Cyclopedia ...1902 (1903), highly detailed compilation of facts; worldwide coverage online edition