President of Switzerland
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Historical events in 1904
212 historical records
January 19047 historical events
Discovery Expedition
The relief ship Morning returned, this time with a second ship, the Terra Nova.
Discovery of Cullinan Diamond
Worlds largest diamond discovered in the Prime Minister diamond mine in South Africa
Discovery Expedition
The Terra Nova relief ship meets Discovery. Evans leads men laying explosives to blast a channel through eight miles of ice, helping free Discovery shortly before a heavy gale strikes.
Discovery Expedition
In recognition of his work with the expedition, Scott names a mountain overlooking the Sound as Mount Evans
Defection
The Conservative whip is withdrawn because of his support Liberal support
Magnificent Becomes Channel Fleet Flagship
While under Carden's command, HMS Magnificent serves within the reorganised Channel Fleet structure.
February 190410 historical events
First Hannes Hafstein Ministry
Begins the First Hannes Hafstein Ministry and serves as Minister for Iceland.
Constitution of Russia
Authorizes Gapons Assembly
Siege of Port Arthur
Japan attacks Port Arthur beginning the Russoese War
Russo-Japanese War
Watches war begin after earlier warnings about Far Eastern risks.
Discovery Expedition
Most of the ice suddenly broke up, and Morning and Terra Nova are at last able to sail alongside Discovery.
Defection
Votes with the Liberals against his own party on a Free Trade motion
Discovery Expedition
The Discovery begins the return journey to New Zealand
Invasion of Korea
The Japanese army begins debarkation. The Japanese army advavance through Korea to the Yalu River
Siege of Port Arthur
The Japanese army advavance through Korea to the Yalu River
Discovery Expedition
During the Antarctic winter of 1902 Discovery became locked in the ice, efforts to free her during the summer of 190203 failed, and although some of the expeditions members (including Ernest Shackleton) left in a relief ship, Crean and the majority of the party remained in the Antarctic until the ship was finally freed in February 1904
March 19043 historical events
Birth of Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee
Death of Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee
Birth of Reinhard Heydrich
Birth of Reinhard Heydrich, Saxony
Death of Zakarine Kham Souk
Dies, opening the succession for Sisavang Vong
April 19045 historical events
Entente Cordiale
Instrumental in negotiating the Entente Cordiale
Accession
Succeeds Zakarine as king of Luang Prabang under the French protectorate
Radar Patent
Files a patent for radio detection of distant metallic objects.
Election
Adopted as a Liberal Candidate in Manchester North West
Madam Butterfly
1st performance of, "Madam Butterfly"
May 190410 historical events
Canal Zone Administration
The United States assumes control of Canal Zone property and the canal construction project.
Siege of Port-Arthur
The Japanese encircle Port Arthur
Ship Detection Radar
Demonstrates the Telemobiloscope for detecting ships through fog.
Defection
Crosses the House of Commons to become a Liberal
Liberal Party
Sits on the opposition benches for the 1st time
Naval Necessities Memorandum
Fisher sets out proposals for faster, heavily armed ships and other reforms in his Naval Necessities memorandum.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Publishes a defence of Bolshevik organisation after the split.
Afrikaner Political Organisation
Promotes conciliation, self-government and Afrikaner political recovery.
Het Volk Leadership
Helps build Het Volk as a Transvaal political party.
Het Volk
Transvaal generals to form a political party, Het Volk, to fight for the Afrikaner cause. Louis Botha is elected leader, & Smuts his deputy
June 19043 historical events
Siege of Port Arthur
Nogi begins the Japanese advance on Port Arthur
Telemobiloscope Trial
Tests his radio ship-detection apparatus before maritime observers.
Panama Canal Chief Engineer
Wallace becomes the first chief engineer of the American canal construction effort.
July 19048 historical events
Death of Anton Chekhov
Death of Anton Chekhov
Knighthood
Knighted following the March Festival of his music at Covent Garden
Death of Paulus Kruger
Death of Paulus Kruger
Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Directs an operation which results in the assassination of Plehve
Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Death of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Siege of Port Arthur
Nogi begins an intense bombardment of the Russian defenses of Port Arthur
Siege of Port Arthur
Stoessel is forced with withdraw to Port Arthur
August 19045 historical events
Siege of Port Arthur
The Russian Fleet, threatened by artillery, quits Port Arthur & attempts to make Vladivostok
President of Bolivia
Ismael Montes begins his first presidential term.
Battle of Liaoyang
The Russians are forced to rerteat to Mukden
Battle of Liaoyang
The Russians are driven out of Manchuria. 25 Aug-3 Sept, commands an engagement 40 miles SW of Mukden
Minister of Interior
Appointed Minister of the Interior
September 190413 historical events
Discovery Expedition
On its return to Britain the expeditions reception was initially muted. Markham was present to meet the ship in Portsmouth when Discovery docked there on 10 September 1904, but no dignitaries greeted the party when it arrived in London a few days later
Death of Aparicio Saravia
Dies after being wounded at Masoller, ending the last major Blanco armed rising
Relativity, Theory of
Poincare states a principle of relativity in a lecture on the future of mathematical physics
Captain
Scott was quickly promoted to Captain, and invited to Balmoral Castle to meet King Edward VII, who invested him as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Discovery Expedition
Scott was quickly promoted to Captain, and invited to Balmoral Castle to meet King Edward VII, who invested him as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
Discovery of Ross Island
During the Discovery Expedition it was established that Ross Island is an Island
Discovery Expedition
The Discovery Expedition reports King Edward VII Land, the Polar Plateau, the Dry Valleys, Cape Crozier's emperor penguin colony and extensive coastal and mountain surveys
Discovery of Gondwana
Publishes Discovery Expedition results including fossil evidence that helps link Antarctica with the Gondwana super-continent
Discovery of Gondwana
During the Discovery Expedition a leaf fossil discovered by Ferrar helps establish Antarctica's relation to the Gondwana super-continent
Bolshevik Party
Trotsky left the Mensheviks in September 1904 over their insistence on an alliance with Russian liberals and their opposition to a reconciliation with Lenin and the Bolsheviks. During these years Trotsky began developing his theory of permanent revolution, which led to a close working relationship with Alexander Parvus in 1904-1907
Menshevik Party
Trotsky left the Mensheviks in September 1904 over their insistence on an alliance with Russian liberals and their opposition to a reconciliation with Lenin and the Bolsheviks
Permanent Revolution
During these years Trotsky began developing his theory of permanent revolution, which led to a close working relationship with Alexander Parvus in 1904-1907
RSDLP
Trotsky left the Mensheviks in September 1904 over their insistence on an alliance with Russian liberals and their opposition to a reconciliation with Lenin and the Bolsheviks. During these years Trotsky began developing his theory of permanent revolution, which led to a close working relationship with Alexander Parvus in 1904-1907
October 190411 historical events
Mobilization
Take up personal command of the Russian forces
Mobilization
Orders the Baltic Fleet of 45 ships 18,000 miles to fight Japan
President of Argentina
Appointed President of Argentina
Mobilization
Sails the Russian Baltic Fleet from Liepaja & Tallin to turn the war
Treaty of Peace and Friendship
Montes signs the treaty formally settling the War of the Pacific with Chile.
Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Bolivia
Signs the treaty formally ending the state of war with Bolivia.
First Sea Lord Appointment
Fisher becomes First Sea Lord and professional head of the Royal Navy.
Mobilization
Sets sail with the Baltic Fleet of 45 ships 18,000 miles to fight Japan
Mobilization
British cruisers escort the Russian Fleet out of Biscay Bay
Mobilization
Fires on a British fishing fleet believing to be under Japanese torpedoe attack
Mobilization
The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Libau to turn the war
November 19043 historical events
Fleet Redistribution Begins
Fisher begins reorganising fleet deployment to concentrate stronger forces closer to the North Sea.
Home Fleet Modernisation Priority
Fisher gives priority to modern battleships, cruisers, destroyers and submarines in the Home Fleet structure.
Obsolete Warships Disposal Programme
Fisher accelerates disposal or reserve placement of obsolete ships to release crews and resources for modern forces.
December 190420 historical events
Civil Service Promotion
Is promoted to Oberregierungsrat in the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior.
Discovery of Himalia
Discovers Himalia in photographs taken with the Crossley reflector at Lick Observatory.
Siege of Port Arthur
Nogi commands the Japanese forces which finally capture Port Arthur
Birth of Eve Curie
Gives birth to Eve Curie, her second daughter.
Siege of Port Arthur
Nogi commands the Japanese forces which finally capture Port Arthur
Capture of Port Arthur
The Japanese capture Port Arthur
Siege of Port Arthur
The Japanese capture Port Arthur
Nobel Prize in Literature
Shares the Nobel Prize in Literature for poetry reflecting Provence and for his work as a Provençal philologist.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the inert gaseous elements and defining their place in the periodic system.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for gas-density research and the discovery of argon.
Nobel Prize in Medicine
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on digestive physiology.
Nobel Prize in Literature
Shares the Nobel Prize in Literature for dramatic works that renewed Spanish theatrical traditions.
Constitution of Russia
The Zemstvo are given a broader national & local role. Changes agreed by the Tsar become law, still no representitive form of Government
Burial
Funeral procession of Paulus Kruger, revives an Afrikaaner political revival
Prime Minister of Spain
Appointed Prime Minister of Spain, 3rd term
Siege of Port-Arthur
Port Arthur surrenders to the Japanese
Vperyod
Launches Vperyod as a Bolshevik rival to Menshevik-controlled Iskra.
Vperyod
Begins a Bolshevik newspaper after losing control of Iskra.
Siege of Port Arthur
A cease-fire is agreed
Siege of Port Arthur
A cease-fire is agreed
President of Panama
Appointed President of Panama
Prime Minister of Australia
Forms a Protectionist-free trade coalition Government
Prime Minister of Australia
Appointed Prime Minister of Australia
President of Austria
Appointed President of the Supreme Court of Justice
Electromagnetic Mass-Energy
Explores the relationship between electromagnetic energy and mass before relativity.
Radiation Cavity Mass
Calculates that radiation confined in a cavity contributes effective inertia.
Scandal
Laborers are exploited, Leopold claims progress demands casualties. Britain exposes the scandal
Death of Antonin Dvorak
Death of Antonin Dvorak
The Impossible Voyage
Directs The Impossible Voyage, expanding his elaborate trick-film style.
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Humanite
Co-founds the popular Socialist newspaper
Socialist Party
Appointed Member of Socialist Party
Sorbonne Chair
Becomes titular professor at the Sorbonne.
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France
Tour de France
Garin wins the 1904 Tour de France, by a small margin over Lucien Pothier, but was subsequently stripped of the title which was awarded to Henri Cornet
Telemobiloscope
Patents an early radio device for detecting ships in poor visibility.
Army Staff Officer
Apointed German Army Staff Officer
Birth of Richard Addinsell
Birth of Richard Addinsell
The Food of the Gods
Publication of "The Food of the Gods"
Peter Pan
Publication of "Peter Pan"
Nostromo
Publication of "Nostromo"
Henry Brocken
Publication of "Henry Brocken"
Return to England
Moves to England with his mother and sister.
Birth of George Formby
Birth of George Formby
Captain
Appointed Captain
Legion of Honour
Awarded the Legion of Honour
Royal Victorian Order
Invited to Balmoral for investiture by King Edward VII as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Baltic Maiden Voyage Command
Commands Baltic on her maiden voyage as White Star entrusts him with another of its newest large liners.
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Cardiff, cousin of Winston Churchill
France & Britain recognize each others spheres of interest eg in Morocco
France & Britain recognize each others spheres of interest eg in Morocco & Egypt. Concludes diplomatic means of resolving colonial conflicts between Britain & France
Contributes to the Entente Cordiale with France
Contributes to the Entente Cordiale with France
Succession
Becomes Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Advocacy of Free Trade
Churchill publicly defended free trade against tariff reform, expressing his changing political convictions.
Labour Representation Committee (LRC)
Appointed Chairman of the LRC
Casement Report on Congo Abuses
Publishes his official report documenting forced labour, violence and abuses in the Congo Free State.
Free Trade
Supports free trade with the Liberals as an independent MP
Reform of Immigration Law
Defends his Jewish constituents in Manchester by objecting to the Aliens Bill
Sunspots
Observed that the solar latitudes at which sunspots occur varies in a regular way over the course of an 11 year cycle & in 1904 publishes his results in the form of the "butterfly" diagram. Edward Maunder suggests that the Sun had changed from a period in which sunspots all but disappeared from the solar surface to a renewal of sunspot cycles starting in 1700
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the inert gaseous elements in air and determining their place in the periodic system.
Nobel Recognition of Noble Gases
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the inert gaseous elements and determining their place in the periodic system.
Uranium Dating
Suggests radioactive decay can date rocks and minerals.
Electron Atomic Model
Proposes an atomic model containing negatively charged electrons embedded within diffuse positive charge.
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics
Invention of Thermionic Valve
Invents the Thermionic Valve
Vacuum Diode
Invents the thermionic vacuum diode, controlling electron flow from a heated cathode to an anode for radio detection and rectification.
Griffin Park Opening Era
Turner was part of Brentford's early footballing generation around the move to Griffin Park, which became the club's home for more than a century.
Captain
Appointed Captain
First Lord of Admiralty
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 1st term
Cavalry School
Founds a Cavalry School in Wiltshire
Indian Army Divisional System Reorganised
Develops a peacetime structure built around fighting divisions and cavalry brigades with permanent staffs.
Major General
Appointed Major General
Prime Minister of Greece
Alexandros Zaimis begins a term as Prime Minister of Greece in 1904.
Birth of Eirene
Birth of Eirene, 5th child of Constantine & Sophia
President of India
Appointed Congress President, 2nd term
Radio Detector Patent
Jagadish Chandra Bose receives a United States patent for a detector of electrical disturbances based on semiconductor-like crystal detection.
Polar Medal after Discovery Expedition
After returning from the Discovery expedition, Crean receives the Polar Medal and is promoted to petty officer first class for his Antarctic service.
Arrest of Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini
Arrested in France
Exile of Benito Amilicare Andrea Mussolini
Escapes to Switzerland to avoid the military draft in Italy
Mayor
Appointed Mayor of Tokyo
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Battle of Chemulpo
A Japanese cruiser squadron sinks 1 ship & forces scuttling of a 2nd
Siege of Port Arthur
Command the Japanese 3rd Army, about 90,000 strong
Third Army
Command the Japanese 3rd Army, about 90,000 strong
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Blockade of Port Arthur
Blockades Port Arthur after an undeclared attack
Port Arthur Sea Access Restricted
Japanese naval forces attempt to isolate Port Arthur and restrict Russian movement through its approaches.
Declaration of War
Declares war on Russia
Military clashes take place as France tries to exert its influence over
Military clashes take place as France tries to exert its influence over Morocco
Relativity, Theory of
Lorentz publishes transformations that preserve the form of Maxwells equations for moving systems
Lyric Suite
Composition of "Lyric Suite"
Doctorate in Mathematics
Completes doctoral work and begins a major career in modern mathematics.
Research on Number Theory
Develops early research interests in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Chronic Intestinal Inflammation
Publishes observations of inflammatory disease affecting the terminal intestine.
Early Crohn Disease Description
Provides an early clinical description of the condition later called Crohn disease.
Laboratory Work
Continues isolating radium compounds after the Nobel Prize.
Conductor
Appointed Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre
Birth of Kosigyn
Birth of Kosigyn, son of a working class family
War Finance
The war strains the financial system built during his ministry.
Legal Career Begins
Begins practising law in Saint Petersburg, defending political activists and opponents of imperial authority before becoming a prominent revolutionary lawyer.
Our Political Tasks
Publishes Our Political Tasks, criticizing Lenin's concept of party organization after the Bolshevik-Menshevik split.
Report of the Siberian Delegation
Writes Report of the Siberian Delegation during the factional disputes following the RSDLP Second Congress.
The Proletariat and the Revolution
Writes The Proletariat and the Revolution while developing his analysis of the coming Russian revolutionary struggle.
New Iskra
Mensheviks dominate Iskra after the editorial board dispute.
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Opposes Lenin's factional campaign after the Second Congress split.
Assassination of Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Plehve
Organizes the assassination of Plehve
Death of Boris Viktorovich Savinkov
Organizes the assassination of Plehve
Strike
Calls a strike after 4 Assembly of Russian Workers members of the Putilov works sacked. 110,000 workers go on strike
Strike
110,000 workers go on strike
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research on the physiology of digestion that transformed understanding of digestive regulation.
Commander of Far East
Appointed Commander of the Naval forces in the Far East
General
Appointed General
Siege of Port Arthur
Commands the Russian garrison, about 40,000, against the Japanese 3rd Army
Russo-Japanese War
Serves with Russian forces during the war against Japan.
Annexation of Sudayr
Extends Saudi authority across Sudayr and neighboring central Arabian districts.
Capture of Buraydah
Brings Buraydah under Saudi control during the Qassim campaign.
Capture of Unayzah
Captures Unayzah after defeating forces loyal to the Rashidi emirate.
Capture of Buraydah
Supports the Saudi advance that secures Buraydah.
Annexation of Sudayr
Supports the campaign that consolidates Saudi control in central Arabia.
Capture of Unayzah
Assists Saudi operations during the struggle for Unayzah.
Prime Minister of South Africa
Appointed Prime Minister of South Africa
Afrikaaner Het Volk Party
The Afrikaaner Het Volk party founds the Responsible Government Association
Constitution of South Africa
The Afrikaan party opposes the Lyttelton Constitution. The Afrikaaner Het Volk party founds the Responsible Government Association
Responsible Government Association
The Afrikaaner Het Volk party founds the Responsible Government Association
Casa Batllo Renovation Begins
Begins the complete renovation of Josep Batllo's house on Passeig de Gracia.
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Death of Murad V
Death of Murad V
Drama
George Cohans musical play, Little Johnny Jones, followed by Forty-five Minutes from Broadway, helps create indigenous American musical theater
The Golden Bowl
Publication of "The Golden Bowl"
Secretary of State for War
Roosevelt appoints Taft as Secretary of State for War
Birth of Julius Robert Oppenheimer
Birth of Julius Robert Oppenheimer
Radiation Energy Fluctuations
Studies fluctuations in radiation energy, an important precursor to his later quantum work.
Electric Railway Systems Mature In New York
Urban railway electrification drew on the engineering advances in alternating current power distribution. The development expanded the tools available for subsequent innovation.
Coup
Forms the Duy Tan Hoi to overthrow French rule & install Cuong De on the throne
Duy Tan Hoi
Forms the Duy Tan Hoi to overthrow French rule & install Cuong De on the throne