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 ( 1900s: )  1902    | |
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| Year 1902 |
John Taylor Gatto has stated that the concept of 'adolescence' was invented in 1902, as a method of prolonging childish dependence though schools.[1]
Contents
Colonial Conference
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1902 Colonial Conference
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Pilgrims Society
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- Full article: The_Pilgrims_Society
The The_Pilgrims_Society was start as an dining club. It continues to this day and has became particularly important as a meeting place of bankers, diplomats and politicians.
Events
- January 28 – The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, D.C., to promote scientific research with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
- January 30 – The Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed.
- February 27 – Australian officers Breaker Morant and Peter Handcock are executed for the murder of Boer prisoners of war near Louis Trichardt.
- May 20 – Cuba gains independence from the United States.
- May 31 – The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the Second Boer War.
- July 2 – Philippine–American War ends.
- July 11 – Lord Salisbury retires as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- August 9 – Coronation of Edward VII as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Emperor of India at Westminster Abbey in London.
- October 16 – The first Borstal (youth offenders' institution) opens in Borstal, Kent, U.K.
- October 21 – A five-month strike by the United Mine Workers in the United States ends.
- King Leopold II of Belgium survives an attempted assassination in Brussels by Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino.
- December–February 1903 – Venezuelan crisis: Britain, Germany and Italy sustain a naval blockade on Venezuela, in order to enforce collection of outstanding financial claims. This prompts the development of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
- December 10 – The first Aswan Dam on the Nile is completed.
- December 17 – The Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnue Agenstvo), predecessor of TASS, is officially established under the Ministry of Finance at Saint Petersburg in the Russian Empire.
Events
| Event | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pax Brittanica | ||
| Dreyfus Affair | ||
| 1902 Colonial Conference |
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bocconi University |  | "the Harvard of Italy" | |
| Alcan |  | Commercial | |
| Victoria College (Alexandria) |  | ||
| Anglia Ruskin University |  | University | Has been named as one of the most upwardly mobile universities in the world<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a> |
| The Pilgrims Society | | Secret society | A very low profile group that has been in operation for over a century and has Elizabeth Regina as its patron. Members include ministers, diplomats, CEOs and others. Who knows what this "dining society" discusses over dinner?... |
Deaths
| Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Cause of death | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome Preston | 28 January 1834 | 27 January 1902 | Businessperson | ||
| Cecil Rhodes | 5 July 1853 | 26 March 1902 | Muizenberg Cape Colony | Heart attack | Deep politician Businessperson |
| John Dalberg-Acton | 10 January 1834 | 19 June 1902 | Germany Bavaria Tegernsee | Author Politician Historian | |
| Émile Zola | 2 April 1840 | 29 September 1902 | France Paris | Author Journalist Playwright |
Births
References
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9fIdHpFoxI Open Source Learning, Walkabout London, Australia, 2007
