In history, year 1902 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1902.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1902:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 06 march | Real Madrid, the world's richest football (soccer) club, wasfounded as Madrid Football Club. |
| 17 may | The Antikythera mechanism, the oldest known surviving gearedmechanism, was discovered among artifacts retrieved from a shipwreck offthe Greek island of Antikythera. |
| 09 august | Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark were crowned King and Queenof the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| 01 september | The first science fiction film, titled A Trip to the Moon andbased on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, was released inFrance. |
| 20 november | While discussing how to promote the newspaper L'Auto, sportsjournalist Géo Lefèvre came up with the idea of holding a cycling racethat later became known as the Tour de France. |
| 12 May | In Pennsylvania, one lakh 40 thousand workers of anthracite coal strike. |
| 20 May | Cuba gained independence from the United States. |
| 20 May | Tomas Estrada Palma became the first President of the country. |
| 05 October | Ray Crock was born to turn McDonald's into the world's most successful food operation. |
| 10 December | Women were granted the right to vote in Tasmania. |
| 18 December | Italy's famous inventor Marconi created the first radio station. |
| 23 December | Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th Prime Minister of India, was born in Noorpur Uttar Pradesh. |
| 06 March | Madrid club was established in Spain. |
| 28 January | Washington dc Carnegie Institution was established in. |
| 27 February | American writer John Steinbeck was born. |
| 06 March | Real Madrid CF Established as a football club. |
| 02 April | The first electric movie theater opened in Los Angeles, USA. |
| 05 May | The Commonwealth Public Service Act became Australia's public service. |
| 02 June | The anthracite coal strike began in the US. |
| 21 July | Luminance Football Club was established in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 01 August | A pit explosion in Wollongong, Australia, killed 100 people. |
| 09 August | Edward VII was crowned King of the United Kingdom. |
| 21 October | A five-month strike by United Money Workers in the US ended. |
| 15 November | The Hanoi Exhibition was established in Hanoi City, Vietnam. |
| 10 December | The first Aswan Dam was built on the Nile River in Africa. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1902:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 May | Brian Aherne / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 04 February | Hartley Shawcross / Politician / Germany |
| 04 April | Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin / Journalist / France |
| 05 October | Ray Kroc / Business Man / United States of America |
| 06 August | Dutch Schultz / Gangster / United States of America |
| 08 March | Jennings Randolph / Politician / United States of America |
| 10 February | Walter Houser Brattain / Academic / United States of America |
| 11 January | Maurice Duruflé / Composer / France |
| 12 February | William Collier / Actor / United States of America |
| 14 April | Sylvio Mantha / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 18 April | Waldemar Hammenhög / Author / Sweden |
| 24 January | Ephraim Avigdor Speiser / Archaeologist / United States of America |
| 25 November | Eddie Shore / Ice Hockey Player / United States of America |
| 26 January | Menno ter Braak / Author / Netherlands |
| 27 February | Lúcio Costa / Engineer / France |
| 27 March | Charles Lang / Cinematographer / United States of America |
| 27 February | Gene Sarazen / Golfer / United States of America |
| 27 February | Yoshikazu Okada / Religious Leader / Japan |
| 28 July | Sir Karl Popper / Philosopher / United Kingdom |
| 30 January | Nikolaus Pevsner / Historian / United Kingdom |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1902:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 10 December | Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa / Politician / India |
| 04 May | K. Chengalaraya Reddy / Politician / India |
| 10 December | S. Nijalingappa / Politician / India |
| 15 July | Koka Subba Rao / Lawyer / India |
| 19 July | Samudrala Raghavacharya / Writer / India |
| 23 December | Charan Singh / Politician / India |
| 14 July | Chandrabhanu Gupta / Politician / India |
| 10 October | K. Shivaram Karanth / Author / India |
| 23 December | Charan Singh / Politician / India |
| 11 October | Jayaprakash Narayan / Politician / India |
| 11 October | Jai Prakash Narayan / Freedom Fighter / India |
