1902 in the Philippines
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{{Year in the Philippines|1902|var=1898}}1902 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 1902.
Incumbents
=U.S. Military Government=
- Governor–General:
- William Howard Taft{{Cite journal |last=Kotlowski |first=Dean |date=Spring 2002 |title=William Howard Taft and the Philippines: A Blueprint for Empire by Adam D. Burns (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/14/article/867144 |journal=Ohio History |volume=129 |issue=1 |pages=161–162 |doi=10.1353/ohh.2022.0010|url-access=subscription }}
Events
=July=
- July 1
- Philippine Organic Act enacted into law.
Holidays
As a former colony of Spanish Empire and being a catholic country, the following were considered holidays:
- January 1 – New Year's Day
- April 4 – Maundy Thursday
- April 5 – Good Friday
- December 25 – Christmas Day
Births
- January 25 – Pablo Antonio, modernist architect (d. 1975)
- August 19 – J. B. L. Reyes, jurist (d. 1994)
- November 27 – Marcial Lichauco, lawyer and diplomat (d. 1971)
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1902/ |title=1902 |website=Official Gazette |publisher=Government of the Philippines}}
{{Years in the Philippines}}
{{Year in Asia|1902}}