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1902
 
    
Rudyard Kipling publishes his Just So Stories for Little Children       
1902
 
     
The play Cathleen ni Houlihan, by W.B. Yeats and Lady Gregory, fosters Irish nationalism        
1902
 
    
Rudyard Kipling moves to Bateman's in Sussex, his home for the rest of his life       
1902
 
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A treaty at Vereeniging ends the Boer War and brings the Boer republics under British control       
1902
 
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Irish politician Arthur Griffith launches Sinn Fein, as an organization campaigning for a strong and independent Ireland       
1902
 
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After the defeat of neighbouring Transvaal in the Boer War, the British take sole control of Swaziland       
1902
 
     
'Land of Hope and Glory' features in its lasting form as the finale of Elgar's Coronation Ode for Edward VII        
1902
 
    
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published commercially, a year after being first printed by Beatrix Potter at her own expense       
1902
 
    
Lord Salisbury resigns as British prime minister and is succeeded by his nephew, A.J. Balfour       
1902
 
    
Augustus John meets his favourite subject Dorothy McNeill, to whom he gives the Gypsy name Dorelia