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Germany in 1902

Historical records for Germany in 1902, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

15Records
15Events
11Named people
5Places
8Categories

Historical records

March

9 March 1902MarriageGustav Mahler

Arts / Classical Music

Mahler marries Alma Schindler (1879 -1964), twenty years his junior and the stepdaughter of the noted Viennese painter Carl Moll

November

1 November 1902Bavarian Interior MinistryGustav Ritter von Kahr

Munich · Government / Government of Germany

Returns to the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior as a Regierungsrat, working particularly on folk art and monument preservation.

December

10 December 1902Nobel Prize in ChemistryHermann Emil Fischer

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on sugar and purine synthesis.

10 December 1902Nobel Prize in LiteratureTheodor Mommsen

Stockholm · Arts / Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his historical writing, especially A History of Rome.

Other Events

1902Birth of Georg DertingerGeorg Dertinger

Berlin · Politics / Christian Democratic Union of Germany

Birth of Georg Dertinger

1902Die BlechschmiedeArno Holz

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Die Blechschmiede"

1902Early Madrid VictoryUdo Steinberg

Madrid · Sport / Football

Scores twice as Barcelona defeat Madrid FC 3-1 in the Copa de la Coronacion.

1902Industrialists UnionGustav Stressman

Politics / National Liberal Party

Founds the Union of Saxon Industrialists, creating an organisation for Saxon industrial interests.

1902LegislationBernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von Furst

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

The Tariff Law, increases duties particularly on imported grain from Russia

1902Nobel PrizeEmil Herman Fischer

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on sugar and purine syntheses.

1902Reform of TaxationBernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von Furst

Berlin · Government / Government of Germany

The Tariff Law, increases duties particularly on imported grain from Russia

1902Saxon Industrial OrganisationGustav Stressman

Politics / National Liberal Party

Establishes the Union of Saxon Industrialists as a base for organised industrial representation.

1902SuccessionGeorge

Saxony · House / House of Wettin

Succeeds as King of Saxony

1902Symphony No 5 in C-sharp minor/D majorGustav Mahler

Arts / Classical Music

Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor/D major

1902Union of Saxon Industrialists (USI)Gustav Stressman

Politics / National Liberal Party

Founds the Union of Saxon Industrialists

Names involved

Arno HolzBernhard Heinrich Martin Bulow von FurstEmil Herman FischerGeorg DertingerGeorgeGustav MahlerGustav Ritter von KahrGustav StressmanHermann Emil FischerTheodor MommsenUdo Steinberg

Places involved

BerlinMadridMunichSaxonyStockholm

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.