Timeline May 1902

Events in May 1902 8

• 1836 – 1902 Bret Harte (1836-1902) Died 5 May 1902, aged 65 Harte was an American writer and poet known for short stories depicting life in the California Gold Rush, such as "The Luck of Roaring Camp." He later lived in Europe and helped shape the literary image of the American West.
• 1899 – 1902 The Second Boer War Where the concentration camp got its name The British Empire takes nearly three years and close to half a million troops to defeat two small Afrikaner republics. After losing the conventional war the Boers turn to commando raids, and Kitchener answers with blockhouses, farm burning and the internment of civilians in camps where around 28,000 Boers, most of them children, and at least 20,000 black Africans die of disease and hunger. Emily Hobhouse's reporting on the camps causes a scandal in Britain. The war ends at Vereeniging with annexation, and lays the groundwork for the Union of South Africa.
• 1902 – 1986 Brian Aherne (1902-1986) English actor of stage and film, Oscar-nominated as Emperor Maximilian in Juarez.
• 1902 Brian Aherne born in King's Norton Brian Aherne is born in King's Norton.
• 1902 Eruption of Mount Pelée Volcanic eruption destroys Saint-Pierre, Martinique Mount Pelée erupted violently on the morning of May 8, killing nearly all of the roughly 28,000 residents of Saint-Pierre in a pyroclastic flow. It remains the deadliest volcanic eruption of the 20th century and prompted the scientific classification of Peléan eruptions.
• 1902 Great Anthracite Coal Strike Resolved Roosevelt brokers end to US mining strike A strike by anthracite coal miners in Pennsylvania that began in May ended on October 23 after President Theodore Roosevelt intervened and pushed for arbitration. It was the first time the US federal government mediated a labor dispute as a neutral party rather than siding with employers.
• 1902 Republic of Cuba Established US military government ends, Cuban republic begins The United States ended its military occupation of Cuba on May 20, and Tomás Estrada Palma was inaugurated as the island's first president. The new republic remained constrained by the Platt Amendment, which gave the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.
• 1902 Treaty of Vereeniging Ends Boer War Boer republics surrender to British rule Representatives of the Transvaal and Orange Free State signed the Treaty of Vereeniging on May 31, ending the Second Boer War. The Boer republics were absorbed into the British Empire, with Britain promising eventual self-government and funds for reconstruction.