Year in review
1902
5 recaps from this year - events, occasions, and cultural moments.
1902Anglo-Japanese Alliance Signed
Britain and Japan's military alliance shifted the balance of power in East Asia and presaged Japan's rise as a major imperial force challenging Russian expansion.
1902Eruption of Mount Pelée
A pyroclastic surge obliterates the city of Saint-Pierre in seconds, killing 29,000 and defining a new volcanic hazard.
1902Enrico Caruso's First Opera Recording
The tenor's pioneering gramophone recordings transformed classical music distribution and proved the commercial viability of recorded voice technology.
1902Coronation of Edward VII
Edward's delayed coronation ceremony marked Britain's Edwardian age, celebrated across the empire as the capstone of Victorian stability.
1902Venezuelan Blockade Crisis
European naval powers blockaded Venezuela over debt, testing American resolve and the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere.