AD 1902
| 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 |
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
Events
- 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
January
- January 8 – Georgy Malenkov, Soviet politician (d. 1988)
February
- 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
- March 24 – Thomas E. Dewey, American politician (d. 1971)
April
May
June
- June 16 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist (d. 1992)
July
- July 10 – Kurt Alder, German chemist (d. 1958)
August
- August 8 – Paul Dirac, English physicist (d. 1984)
September
- September 21 – Ruhollah Khomeini, revolutionary leader (d. 1989)
October
November
- November 9 - Anthony Asquith, British director (d. 1968)
December
- December 5 – Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
- December 9 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (d. 1985)
Deaths
- 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)