Entente Cordiale
Instrumental in negotiating the Entente Cordiale
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1904 in France
Explore 10 historical events and records for France in 1904.
Historical records for France in 1904
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Relativity, Theory of
Poincare states a principle of relativity in a lecture on the future of mathematical physics
December
Nobel Prize in Literature
Shares the Nobel Prize in Literature for poetry reflecting Provence and for his work as a Provençal philologist.
Other events (month unknown)
Humanite
Co-founds the popular Socialist newspaper
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Socialist Party
Appointed Member of Socialist Party
Sorbonne Chair
Becomes titular professor at the Sorbonne.
The Impossible Voyage
Directs The Impossible Voyage, expanding his elaborate trick-film style.
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
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