1902
Theodore Roosevelt's time
1902 is the year following 1901 and preceding 1903, in the early twentieth century.
Years function as nouns identifying specific points in time: She was born in 1902.
They also work as adjectives modifying nouns: the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée, a 1902 Sears catalog.
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- King Edward VIIEdwardian-era British monarch
- Boer WarAnglo-Dutch colonial conflict
- Aswan DamEgyptian hydroelectric river barrier
- Entente Cordiale1904 Anglo-French diplomatic agreement
Indoor cooling system
- vacuum cleanerSuction device for floors
- Trans-Siberian RailwayContinental Russian train route
- wireless telegraphyCable-free signal transmission
- phonographGrooved disc audio player
gramophone · motion pictures · automobile · radio · escalator · neon lighting
British period 1901-1910
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- PucciniItalian operatic composer
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- ragtimeSyncopated piano genre
Pablo Picasso · Flaubert · Sigmund Freud · Beatrix Potter · music hall · garden parties · debutantes
Domain under unified control
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
- servantsHired household workers
nobility · suffragettes · social reform · etiquette · manners · Victorian values · class system · industrialization
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- PavlovConditioning reflex discoverer
- quantum theoryDiscrete-energy framework for subatomic phenomena
Pierre Curie · radium · atomic theory · Walter Reed · yellow fever · anthrax vaccine
Journey to southernmost continent
- Arctic explorationInvestigating the frozen north
- ShackletonPolar expedition commander
coronation
Ceremony installing a sovereign
- King Edward VIIEdwardian-era British monarch
- Boer WarAnglo-Dutch colonial conflict
- Aswan DamEgyptian hydroelectric river barrier
Entente Cordiale · Ellis Island · Teddy Roosevelt · Progressive Era
air conditioning
Indoor cooling system
- vacuum cleanerSuction device for floors
- Trans-Siberian RailwayContinental Russian train route
- wireless telegraphyCable-free signal transmission
phonograph · gramophone · motion pictures · automobile · radio · escalator · neon lighting
Edwardian era
British period 1901-1910
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
- PucciniItalian operatic composer
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
Pablo Picasso · Flaubert · Sigmund Freud · Beatrix Potter · ragtime · music hall · garden parties · debutantes
empire
Domain under unified control
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- aristocracyRule by hereditary elite
- gentryHighborn but not noble
servants · nobility · suffragettes · social reform · etiquette · manners · Victorian values · class system · industrialization · labor movement
Marie Curie
- radioactivitySpontaneous nuclear decay
- Nobel PrizeHighest academic honor
- PavlovConditioning reflex discoverer
Pierre Curie · quantum theory · radium · atomic theory · Walter Reed · yellow fever · anthrax vaccine
Antarctic expedition
Journey to southernmost continent
- Arctic explorationInvestigating the frozen north
- ShackletonPolar expedition commander
1902the present
Current moment in time
now · today · 2024 · 2025 · modern times