Editing 1902 (section)

=== December ===
{{Main|December 1902}}
* [[December]]&ndash;February 1903 &ndash; [[Venezuelan crisis of 1902–03|Venezuelan crisis]]: [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]], [[German Empire|Germany]] and [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] sustain a naval blockade on [[Venezuela]], in order to enforce collection of outstanding financial claims. This prompts the development of the [[Roosevelt Corollary]] to the [[Monroe Doctrine]].
* [[December 10]] &ndash; The first [[Aswan Low Dam|Aswan Dam]] on the [[Nile]] is completed.
* [[December 17]] &ndash; The Commercial Telegraph Agency (TTA, Torgovo-Telegrafnue Agenstvo), predecessor of [[TASS]], is officially established under the Ministry of Finance at [[Saint Petersburg]] in the [[Russian Empire]].{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Discovery Expedition|''Discovery'' Expedition]]: British explorers [[Robert Falcon Scott|Scott]], [[Ernest Shackleton|Shackleton]] and [[Edward Adrian Wilson|Wilson]] reach the furthest southern point reached thus far by man, south of 82°S.