The following events occurred in February 1902:
February 27, 1902: Convicted war criminal Harry "Breaker" Morant executed by firing squad in Pretoria...
... along with co-conspirator Peter Handcock.
Santos-Dumont's disaster
Image: Tillman crop
The following events occurred in January 1902:
January 30, 1902: Scott's Discovery Expedition reaches the Great Ice Barrier in Antarctica
The Carnegie Institution
January 28, 1902: Andrew Carnegie endows the Carnegie Institution for Science