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| ==Timeline of 1902== | | ==Timeline of 1902== |
| + | *1902/1 [[Hakkoda Mountains Incident|Hakkôda Mountains Incident]] - Two-hundred ten soldiers of the 5th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion are caught in a blizzard in the mountains near [[Aomori city]]. Only eleven survive. |
| + | *1902/1/30 The [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] is entered into. It lasts until 1922. |
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| ==Other Events of 1902== | | ==Other Events of 1902== |
| *"Mainland" system of democratic election of representatives to the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Hokkaido]]. | | *"Mainland" system of democratic election of representatives to the [[National Diet]] is extended to [[Hokkaido]]. |
| + | *[[Meiji Art Society]] is reorganized as the Pacific Painting Society (''Taiheiyô Gakai''). |
| + | *Military conscription is instituted in the [[Miyako Islands|Miyako]] and [[Yaeyama Islands]]. |
| + | *A motion picture, "The Spanish-American War," is shown in Okinawa for the first time. |
| + | *[[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô's]] ''[[The Ideals of the East]]'' is published. |
| *[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], the final shogun, is named ''[[kazoku|kôshaku]]''. | | *[[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]], the final shogun, is named ''[[kazoku|kôshaku]]''. |
− | *Western mode of [[age calculation]] is officially adopted, though it won't actually come into regular use for another 50 years, roughly. | + | *Western mode of [[age calculation]]<!--満年齢; age counted in full years of life--> is officially adopted, though it won't actually come into regular use for another 50 years, roughly. |
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| ===Births and Deaths=== | | ===Births and Deaths=== |
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| *Print artist [[Azechi Umetaro|Azechi Umetarô]] is born. | | *Print artist [[Azechi Umetaro|Azechi Umetarô]] is born. |
| *[[Matsudaira Tadayuki]] dies (b. [[1825]]). | | *[[Matsudaira Tadayuki]] dies (b. [[1825]]). |
| + | *[[Nagatani Nobuatsu]], first [[Meiji period]] governor of Kyoto, dies (b. [[1818]]). |
| *[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] dies (b. [[1843]]). | | *[[Saigo Tsugumichi|Saigô Tsugumichi]] dies (b. [[1843]]). |
| + | *[[Sano Tsunetami]] dies. |
| *[[Sato Hikogoro|Satô Hikogorô]] dies (b. [[1827]]). | | *[[Sato Hikogoro|Satô Hikogorô]] dies (b. [[1827]]). |
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