Anglo-Japanese Alliance signed
1902
Britain, alarmed by Russian expansion in East Asia, signed a formal alliance with Japan, its first with any non-European power. It was a recognition that Japan had entered the first rank of modern states. The alliance would hold for two decades and provide cover for Japan's victory over Russia in 1905 and its WWI role.
In context
Also in 1902 (4 other events on record)
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.