1902
common year starting on Wednesday
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1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1902nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 902nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 2nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1902, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1899 1900 1901 – 1902 – 1903 1904 1905 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1902 MCMII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2655 |
| Armenian calendar | 1351 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6652 |
| Bahá'í 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) 4598 or 4538 — to — 壬寅年 (Water Tiger) 4599 or 4539 |
| 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 |
Events
change- July 11 – Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Marie and Pierre Curie discover radium
- The Real Madrid football club starts in Spain
- Statue of Boudica unveiled in Westminster, London
Births
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- January 8 – Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. 1988)
February
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- February 1 – Langston Hughes, American writer (d. 1967)
- February 4 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (d. 1974)
- February 10 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (d. 1987)
- February 27 – John Steinbeck, American writer (d. 1968)
March
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- March 24 – Thomas E. Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
April
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- June 16 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist (d. 1992)
July
change- July 10 – Kurt Alder, German chemist (d. 1958)
August
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- August 8 – Paul Dirac, English physicist (d. 1984)
September
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- September 21 – Ruhollah Khomeini, revolutionary leader (d. 1989)
October
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November
change- November 9 - Anthony Asquith, British director (d. 1968)
December
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- December 5 – Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
- December 9 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
Deaths
change- April 30 - Swami Vivekananda - Indian social reformer (b. 1863)
- December 14 – Julia Grant – former First Lady of the United States (b. 1826)
- September 16 – Levi Strauss, American business person (b. 1829)