January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
Day of death March 16, 1902
The temperature on March 16, 1902 was between 0.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). Source: KNMI
January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
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