Events in the year 1902 in Germany. Incumbents National level Kaiser – Wilhelm II Chancellor – Bernhard von Bülow State level Kingdoms King of Bavaria – Otto of Bavaria King of Prussia – Kaiser Wilhelm II King of Saxony – Albert of Saxony to 19 June, then George of Saxony King of Württemberg – William II of Württemberg Grand duchies Grand Duke of Baden – Frederick I Grand Duke of Hesse – Ernest Louis Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin – Frederick Francis IV Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Frederick William Grand Duke of Oldenburg – Frederick Augustus II Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach – William Ernest Principalities Schaumburg-Lippe – George, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt – Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Schwarzburg-Sondershausen – Karl Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Principality of Lippe – Alexander, Prince of Lippe (with Ernest II, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld as regent) Reuss Elder Line – Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz to 19 April, then Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz (with Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line as regent) Reuss Younger Line – Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line Waldeck and Pyrmont – Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Duchies Duke of Anhalt – Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt Duke of Brunswick – Prince Albert of Prussia (regent) Duke of Saxe-Altenburg – Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Colonial governors Cameroon (Kamerun) – Jesko von Puttkamer (7th term) to 3 February, then … Plehn (acting governor) to 2 October, then again Jesko von Puttkamer (8th term) Kiaochow (Kiautschou) – Oskar von Truppel German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) – Gustav Adolf von Götzen German New Guinea (Deutsch-Neuguinea) – Albert Hahl (acting governor to 10 November) (2nd term) German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) – Wilhelm Solf German South-West Africa (Deutsch-Südwestafrika) – Theodor Leutwein Togoland – August Köhler to 20 January, then vacant to 1 December, then Waldemar Horn Events December–February 1903 – Venezuelan crisis, in which Britain, Germany and Italy sustain a naval blockade on Venezuela to enforce collection of outstanding financial claims. This prompts the development of the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Births 6 January – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (died 1994) 17 January – Martin Harlinghausen, German air force general (died 1986) 30 January – Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born British architectural historian (died 1983) 1 February – Therese Brandl, German