5 January 1904Discovery ExpeditionRobert Falcon Scott
The relief ship Morning returned, this time with a second ship, the Terra Nova.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1904, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The relief ship Morning returned, this time with a second ship, the Terra Nova.
Worlds largest diamond discovered in the Prime Minister diamond mine in South Africa
The Conservative whip is withdrawn because of his support Liberal support
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.
In recognition of his work with the expedition, Scott names a mountain overlooking the Sound as Mount Evans
While under Carden's command, HMS Magnificent serves within the reorganised Channel Fleet structure.
Votes with the Liberals against his own party on a Free Trade motion
Most of the ice suddenly broke up, and Morning and Terra Nova are at last able to sail alongside Discovery.
The Discovery begins the return journey to New Zealand
Adopted as a Liberal Candidate in Manchester North West
Crosses the House of Commons to become a Liberal
Sits on the opposition benches for the 1st time
Fisher sets out proposals for faster, heavily armed ships and other reforms in his Naval Necessities memorandum.
Knighted following the March Festival of his music at Covent Garden
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
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)
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)
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
During the Discovery Expedition a leaf fossil discovered by Ferrar helps establish Antarctica's relation to the Gondwana super-continent
Publishes Discovery Expedition results including fossil evidence that helps link Antarctica with the Gondwana super-continent
During the Discovery Expedition it was established that Ross Island is an Island
Fisher becomes First Sea Lord and professional head of the Royal Navy.
Fisher begins reorganising fleet deployment to concentrate stronger forces closer to the North Sea.
Fisher gives priority to modern battleships, cruisers, destroyers and submarines in the Home Fleet structure.
Fisher accelerates disposal or reserve placement of obsolete ships to release crews and resources for modern forces.
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the inert gaseous elements and defining their place in the periodic system.
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for gas-density research and the discovery of argon.
Birth of George Formby
Birth of Richard Addinsell
Appointed Captain
Appointed Captain
Publishes his official report documenting forced labour, violence and abuses in the Congo Free State.
Founds a Cavalry School in Wiltshire
Contributes to the Entente Cordiale with France
Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 1st term
France & Britain recognize each others spheres of interest eg in Morocco & Egypt. Concludes diplomatic means of resolving colonial conflicts between Britain & France
Supports free trade with the Liberals as an independent MP
Publication of "Henry Brocken"
Develops a peacetime structure built around fighting divisions and cavalry brigades with permanent staffs.
Invents the Thermionic Valve
Appointed Chairman of the LRC
Awarded the Legion of Honour
Appointed Major General
Elected Member of Parliament for Cardiff, cousin of Winston Churchill
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics
Publication of "Nostromo"
Publication of "Peter Pan"
Defends his Jewish constituents in Manchester by objecting to the Aliens Bill
Moves to England with his mother and sister.
Invited to Balmoral for investiture by King Edward VII as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Becomes Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
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
Publication of "The Food of the Gods"
Suggests radioactive decay can date rocks and minerals.
Invents the thermionic vacuum diode, controlling electron flow from a heated cathode to an anode for radio detection and rectification.
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