1902

Year 1902 () was a (link will display calendar) of the  (or a of the 13-day-slower ).

January

 * January - In, writes , which inaugurates the.
 * - The first, the  between Michigan and Stanford, is held in.
 * - The is founded in  with a $10 million gift from.

February



 * - Police physically abuse demonstrators in.
 * - underground is opened.
 * - US President prosecutes the  for violation of the.
 * - American photographer, who was famous for his photographs of California's , was born.

March

 * - The  is founded.
 * - is founded as "FC Madrid".
 * - : n win their last battle over  forces, with the capture of a British general and 200 of his men.
 * - Circuit Court's decision from having a monopoly on  technology.
 * - Disputed first powered heavier-than-air flight; most date it to year, if at all.

April

 * - "Electric Theatre", the first in the, opens in.
 * - A rocks, 2,000 people die.
 * The is founded by, ,  and.

May





 * - Commonwealth Public Service Act creates Australia's Public Service.
 * - In, erupts, destroys the town of , and kills over 28,000 people, with only two survivors.
 * - formally begins his reign.
 * - In a field outside, reportedly becomes the first person to fly a powered  (a -powered glider).
 * - Archaeologist finds the.
 * - gains independence from the.
 * - opens.
 * - ends.

June

 * - The begins in the United States.
 * - The railroad inaugurates the  passenger train between  and.
 * - : Female British subjects (with the exception of Asians, Aborigines and Africans) win the vote with the Uniform Franchise Act.
 * - is formed
 * - institutes The.

July

 * - disaster in, kills 112 miners.
 * Retirement of as British.
 * conferred on.
 * - in  collapses.
 * - was founded.
 * - was founded.

August

 * - is crowned King of the.
 * - became the first  to ride in an  when he rode in a Columbia Electric Victoria through.
 * - & District Skittle league formed in

September

 * - Popular author is thrown out of a carriage, virtually ending her writing career.

October

 * - In the, a five month by  ends.

November

 * - : Second-in-command of gang,, is sentenced to 20 years hard labor.
 * November-December - between the  and.

December

 * -, and Wilson reach the furthest southern point thus far by man at 82°17'S.

January-February

 * -, South African cricketer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , Austrian-born opera manager (d. )
 * , Spanish priest and founder of Opus Dei (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, Scottish runner (d. )
 * -, Irish republican (d. )
 * -, American hurdler (d. )
 * -, American Bible scholar (d. )
 * -, French general (d. )
 * -, Dutch author and polemicist (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , Swedish politician, diplomat, and writer, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * , American aviator (d. )
 * , British prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials (d. )
 * -, American jazz trombonist (d. )
 * -, Mongolian politician (d. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Danish architect and designer (d. )
 * , American writer (d. )
 * , American musician (d. )
 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * , American golfer (d. )
 * , American writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American photographer (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * , American golfer (d. )
 * , American writer, laureate (d. )
 * , American writer, laureate (d. )

March-April

 * -, German actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American jazz clarinetist (d. )
 * -, American golfer (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, English actress (d. )
 * , English composer (d. )
 * , French writer (d. )
 * -, American socialite and philanthropist (d. )
 * -, French actress (d. )
 * -, American science-fiction author (d. )
 * -, British mountaineer, disappeared on (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Icelandic writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, German psychiatrist (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American economist, laureate (d. )

May-June

 * -, French physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , German-born director (d. )
 * , American journalist (d. )
 * -, French microbiologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * , Ukrainian-born film director (d. )
 * , Hollywood film producer (d. )
 * -, Mayor of Chicago (d. )
 * -, American Actress (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * , Hungarian-born architect (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American geneticist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Tenor
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, American geneticist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Tenor
 * -, American composer (d. )

July-August

 * , American dancer, actor, and US Senator from California (d. )
 * , Russian-born mobster (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , Austrian philosopher (d. )
 * , Australian painter (d. )
 * -, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, French violinist (d. )
 * , Canadian actress (d. )
 * , Swedish chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Italian cyclist (d. )
 * -, Estonian artist (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, German film director (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * -, German-born composer (d. )
 * -, German film director (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * -, German-born composer (d. )

September-October

 * -, (d. )
 * -, ,  and    (d.)
 * -,  (d. )
 * -, Romanian-born actor and producer (d. )
 * -, Iranian Shia cleric (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * , American actor and comedian (d. )
 * , American fast food entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , German physicist (d. )
 * -, American jazz guitarist (d. )
 * , German physicist (d. )
 * -, American jazz guitarist (d. )

November-December

 * November -, Inuit photographer and author (d. )
 * -, German conductor (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, British film director (d. )
 * -, Hungarian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Soviet politician and Politburo member (d. )
 * -, Canadian actor (d. )
 * -, Cuban artist (d. )
 * -, U.S. Senator (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * , American philosopher (d. )
 * , Chinese writer (d. )
 * , Chinese writer (d. )

Deaths

 * (See 1902 list of deaths by name: .)

January - June

 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, Danish politician (b. )
 * -, soldier (b. ) (executed)
 * -, British imperialist (b. )
 * -, suffragist and the first American woman judge (b. )
 * -, sculptor (b. )
 * -, Irish poet (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American inventor (b. )
 * -, Catalan poet (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )

July - December

 * -, Indian religious leader (b. )
 * -, Italian Catholic saint (b. )
 * -, French artist (b. )
 * -, German doctor, pathologist, biologist, and politician (b. )
 * -, British chemist (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, American women's rights activist (b. )
 * -, Welsh social reformer (b. )
 * -, New Zealand architect (b. )
 * -, German sexologist (b. )
 * -, (b. )

Unknown dates

 * , American politician (b. )