Timeline July 1902

Events in July 1902 3

• 1899 – 1902 The Philippine-American War The forgotten war Filipino forces who had fought Spain for independence find the islands handed to the United States instead, and fight on. The war formally ends in 1902 with American victory, though resistance in the Moro south continues for another decade. Estimates of Filipino civilian deaths from violence, famine and disease run into the hundreds of thousands. American conduct, including the reconcentration of civilians and the water cure, produces Senate hearings and the founding of the Anti-Imperialist League.
• 1902 Wimbledon 1902 Men: Laurence Doherty · Women: Muriel Robb Laurence Doherty took over from his brother Reginald.
• 1902 – 1994 Karl Popper (1902-1994) Died 17 September 1994, aged 92 Karl Popper, the Austrian-British philosopher of science known for his theory of falsifiability, died in London. His work on The Open Society and Its Enemies profoundly shaped 20th-century political and scientific thought.