August 1902

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August 9, 1902: King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and Queen consort Alexandra crowned at Westminster Abbey
Thirty thousand people travel in the procession through London

The following events occurred in August 1902:

August 1, 1902 (Friday)

August 2, 1902 (Saturday)

August 3, 1902 (Sunday)

August 4, 1902 (Monday)

  • Bailundo Revolt: In the Tchipindo area of present-day Angola, Portuguese troops kill a small group of native rebels, including Mutu ya Kavela, a leading counsellor of "King" Kalandula.[4]
  • The Belgian ship Wordsworth is wrecked off Assu Torre, Bahia, Brazil.[5]

August 8, 1902 (Friday)

  • The Royal Commissions Act 1902, an Australian Act of Parliament, receives Royal Assent, allowing the Governor-General to issue letters patent in the name of the Crown for a Commission of Inquiry.[6]
  • Born: Paul Dirac, English physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, in Bristol (died 1984)
  • Died: James Tissot, 65, French artist

August 9, 1902 (Saturday)

August 10, 1902 (Sunday)

August 11, 1902 (Monday)

  • Born:
    • Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist, in Cittiglio (died 1986)
    • Lloyd Nolan, US film and television actor, in San Francisco (died 1985)

August 14, 1902 (Thursday)

August 15, 1902 (Friday)

August 16, 1902 (Saturday)

August 17, 1902 (Sunday)

August 18, 1902 (Monday)

  • Born: Adamson-Eric, Estonian artist, in Tartu, under the name Erich Carl Hugo Adamson (died 1968)

August 19, 1902 (Tuesday)

  • Born: Ogden Nash, US poet, in Rye, New York (died 1971)

August 20, 1902 (Wednesday)

  • Born: Li Fang-Kuei, Chinese linguist, in Guangzhou (died 1987)

August 21, 1902 (Thursday)

  • A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines, causing over 100 deaths and substantial damage.[9]
  • Taha Hussein's older brother dies from Cholera. "يا لها من ساعة منكرة! هذه الساعة الثالثة من الخميس 21 أغسطس 1902م."

August 22, 1902 (Friday)

August 23, 1902 (Saturday)

August 24, 1902 (Sunday)

August 25, 1902 (Monday)

August 26, 1902 (Tuesday)

August 27, 1902 (Wednesday)

August 28, 1902 (Thursday)

August 29, 1902 (Friday)

  • A general strike takes place in Florence as a result of an industrial dispute at the Pignone iron works.[15][16] Troops are called out to quell any unrest.[17]

August 30, 1902 (Saturday)

  • In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, with the resulting pyroclastic flow extending further than the flows of 8 and 20 May 1902, and destroying the settlements of Morne-Rouge and Ajoupa-Bouillon; over 1000 people are killed altogether.[18]
  • Henry James's novel The Wings of the Dove is published in London by Constable & Co.[19]

August 31, 1902 (Sunday)

References

  1. "Mt Kembla Colliery Gas Explosion – 1902". illawarracoal.com. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  2. Big Blow to The Mafia; Result of the Trial at Bologna Causes Surprise, The New York Times, August 1, 1902
  3. "Election intelligence". The Times (36836). London. 2 August 1902. p. 10.
  4. Walker, John Frederick (2004). A Certain Curve of Horn: The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola. pp. 40–41.
  5. "SS Wordsworth". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 23 Feb 2016.
  6. "ROYAL COMMISSIONS ACT 1902 – SECT 2 Power to summon witnesses and take evidence". Austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  7. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p281
  8. David Dutton, Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online; 2004–13
  9. "19020821 PHILIPPINES: MINDANAO: LANAO, COTABATO". National Geophysical Data Center. August 21, 1902. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  10. "M7.7 – Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region". United States Geological Survey. August 22, 1902. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  11. "Cooking Schools". Historic Cooking Schools. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. Lester, Meera (2005). Saints' Blessings. Fair Winds. p. 76. ISBN 1-59233-138-6.
  13. "Larned Beats Doherty" (PDF). The New York Times. August 28, 1903.
  14. Enthusiasm in Berlin for the King of Italy; He Is Cordially Cheered on His Entry Into the City, The New York Times, August 29, 1902
  15. (in Italian) La Fonderia del Pignone nel primo sciopero generale di Firenze, by Monica Pacini, ToscaneNovecento (Access date: September 7, 2016)
  16. Florence Strike Serious, The New York Times, August 31, 1902
  17. Six Thousand Soldiers Keep Order In Florence; Workmen of Forty Callings Have Joined the Strike, The New York Times, September 1, 1902
  18. Scarth, Alwyn (2002). La Catastrophe. Oxford. pp. 212–218.
  19. The Wings of the Dove: Authoritative Text, The Author and the Novel, Criticism edited by J. Donald Crowley and Richard Hocks (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003) ISBN 0-393-97881-8
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