Notable Historical Events - 1904
1904 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Neth Indies colony begins opium production |
Jan 4 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Winnipeg Rowing Club, 2 games to 1 |
Jan 4 |
In 'Gonzales v Williams', the US Supreme Court rules that Puerto Ricans are not aliens and may not be refused admission into continental United States; not until 1917 will citizenship rights be granted |
Jan 5 |
-34°F (-36.7°C), River Vale, New Jersey (state record) |
Jan 5 |
-42°F (-41.1°C), Smethport, Pennsylvania (state record) |
Jan 5 |
England beat Australia at the MCG, Rhodes 7-56 & 8-68 |
Jan 7 |
Marconi Co establishes "CQD" as 1st intl radio distress signal |
Jan 8 |
Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen |
Jan 11 |
Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising |
Jan 12 |
Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison |
Jan 17 |
Anton Chekhov's "Cherry Orchard" opens at Moscow Art Theater |
Jan 21 |
Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa," premieres in Brno |
Jan 23 |
Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style. |
Jan 25 |
179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick, Pennsylvania |
Jan 25 |
J M Synge's "Ruders to the Sea," premieres in Dublin |
Jan 28 |
1st college sports letters given to Seniors who played on University of Chicago's football team are awarded blankets with letter "C" on them |
Jan 29 |
1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team) |
Jan 31 |
Bela Bartok's symphony "Kossuth," premieres |
Feb 4 |
John Millington Synges "Well of Saints," premieres in Dublin |
Feb 5 |
American occupation of Cuba ends |
Feb 6 |
Japan notifies Russia that in view of Russia's delaying tactics and provocative military action, Japan is ending negotiations and recalling its members from Moscow |
Feb 7 |
Baltimore catches fire (1500 buildings destroyed in 80 blocks) |
Feb 9 |
Japanese land troops at Chemulpo (Inchon), near Seoul, Korea; within the next three weeks they will have advanced to the Yalu River, border of Manchuria |
Feb 10 |
Japan and Russia declare war |
Feb 17 |
Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan |
Feb 21 |
National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming Mich |
Feb 22 |
The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908. |
Feb 22 |
The Hague Tribunal gives its decision in claims against Venezuela; it sets the sum to be paid by Venezuela and gives preferential treatment to the three powers that initiated the block - Britain, Germany, and Italy |
Feb 23 |
US acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million |
Feb 23 |
Having occupied Korea, Japan signs a treaty with Korea under which it becomes a Japanese protectorate in return for Japanese protection from other powers |
Feb 25 |
J M Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish Natl Theater Society |
Feb 25 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Toronto Marlboroughs in 2 games |
Feb 28 |
Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres |
Feb 29 |
Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7-man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus |
Mar 1 |
England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia |
Mar 2 |
"Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted |
Mar 2 |
Gabriele d'Annunzio's "La figlia di Iorio," premieres in Milan |
Mar 3 |
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a sound recording of a political document, using Thomas Edison's cylinder. |
Mar 5 |
Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation. |
Mar 6 |
The Japanese fleet bombards Vladivostok, the major Russian port on the Pacific |
Mar 8 |
Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match |
Mar 9 |
Brandon's Lester Patrick becomes 1st hockey defenseman to score a goal |
Mar 11 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games |
Mar 12 |
1st main line electric train in UK (Liverpool to Southport) |
Mar 12 |
Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund |
Mar 13 |
Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilean border dedicated |
Mar 14 |
In a landmark case, Northern Securities Company v United States, the Supreme Court finds that the company has violated the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; this is the first case that T. Roosevelt has undertaken in his 'trust-busting' campaign |
Mar 18 |
1st performance of Edward Elgar's "In the South (Alassio)" |
Mar 28 |
Japanese troops advance in Korea, defeat the Russians at Chengiu, and capture the town |
Apr 5 |
The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. |
Apr 8 |
Great Britain and France establish their Entente Cordiale, a technical treaty settling long-standing disagreements over Morocco, Egypt, Africa, and the Pacific |
Apr 8 |
British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of the Book of the Law. |
Apr 13 |
Battle at Oviumbo Africa: Herero's chase away German army |
Apr 13 |
Congress authorizes Lewis & Clark Expo $1 gold coin |
Apr 13 |
A squadron of the Russian fleet is decoyed out of Port Arthur by Japanese maneuvers, when they realize they are sailing into a trap; their battleship Petropavlovsk hits a mine and sinks, with a loss of 700 men |
Apr 14 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" premiered in London |
Apr 18 |
L'Humanité, under Jean Jaurès begins publishing |
Apr 19 |
8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of NY in 2:38:04.4 |
Apr 19 |
Much of Toronto destroyed by fire |
Apr 20 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" premieres in London |
Apr 20 |
Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St Louis |
Apr 21 |
Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League) |
Apr 23 |
American Academy of Arts & Letters forms |
Apr 24 |
President Loubet of France visits King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and pointedly ignores the Pope, exacerbating relations between France and the Roman Catholic Church |
Apr 25 |
NY Highlander Jack Chesbro's 1st of 41 wins this year |
Apr 26 |
Bell Telephone Company of Antwerp Belgium forms |
Apr 26 |
John C Watson leads the first Labour Government of Australian when Alfred Deakin resigns; Watson himself will resign in August |
Apr 26 |
General Kuroko leads the Japanese Army against the large Russian force at the Yalu river during the Russo-Japanese War |
Apr 27 |
The Australian Labor Party under Chris Watson becomes the first Labour government in the world |
Apr 30 |
Ice cream cone makes its debut |
May 2 |
30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior riding Elwood wins in 2:08.50 |
May 4 |
Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal. |
May 4 |
Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England. Go on to form Roll-Royce |
May 5 |
Cy Young of Boston pitches perfect game against Phila A's (3-0) |
May 6 |
American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting |
May 7 |
Flexible Flyer trademark registered |
May 9 |
The steam locomotive City of Truro becomes the first steam engine to exceed 100mph. |
May 11 |
Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace |
May 17 |
Maurice Ravel's "Shéhérazade" premieres in Paris |
May 18 |
In Morocco, a brigand, Raizuli, kidnaps Ion H. Perdicaris, an American citizen |
May 21 |
Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris |
May 21 |
France recalls its ambassador to the Vatican to protest the Pope's attempt to discipline two French bishops; this is yet another incident driving France and the Catholic Church apart |
May 25 |
38th Belmont: George Odom aboard Delhi wins in 2:06.6 |
May 26 |
In two days of bitter fighting, the Japanese Army soundly defeats the Russians at Kinchan and captures the forts at Nanshan |
May 27 |
NL record of 5 stolen bases in a game (Dennis McGann, NY Giants) |
May 28 |
29th Preakness: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Bryn Mawr wins in 1:44.2 |
May 30 |
Frank Chance gets hit by pitch 5 times in a doubleheader |
May 30 |
The Japanese Army capture the City of Dairen after landing troops along the south coast of Manchuria |
Jun 2 |
Professor Schron finds microbe that causes photosynthesis |
Jun 6 |
National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, NJ |
Jun 11 |
Cubs' Bob Wicker no-hits NY Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0 |
Jun 11 |
German Lt-Gen Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa |
Jun 14 |
Dutch troops occupy Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants |
Jun 14 |
At the battle of Telissu, the Japanese rout the Russians and inflict heavy casualties |
Jun 15 |
Side-wheeler passenger paddlesteamer "General Slocum" burns in NY's East River (1,031 die) |
Jun 16 |
Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses) |
Jun 16 |
Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolai Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland. |
Jun 21 |
Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to NY club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) |
Jun 21 |
The US Republican Party nominates Theodore Roosevelt for President, but not without opposition from those whom he calls 'malefactors of great wealth' |
Jun 22 |
Chinese laborers arrive in South Africa following a severe labor shortage |
Jun 28 |
International Anti-Military Cooperation (IAMV) forms in Amsterdam |
Jun 28 |
The SS Norge Runs aground and sinks |
Jun 29 |
2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe |
Jun 29 |
21st Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats C Sterry (6-0 6-3) |
Jun 29 |
28th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats F Riseley (6-1 7-5 8-6) |
Jul 1 |
3rd modern Olympic games opens in St Louis |
Jul 5 |
Giants 18-game winning streak ends as Phillies win 6-5 in 10 inn |
Jul 5 |
4th Davis Cup: British Isles beats Belgium in Wimbledon (5-0) |
Jul 6 |
Two Russian cruisers move into the Red Sea and begin to stop ships of Britain, Germany, and other nations they believe friendly to Japan |
Jul 6 |
The US Democratic Party nominates little known New York judge Alton B Parker for presidential nominee - virtually assuring the election of Theodore Roosevelt |
Jul 9 |
10th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL |
Jul 15 |
1st Buddhist temple in US forms, Los Angeles |
Jul 16 |
Islands of Manu'a group (Samoa) ceded to US by their chiefs |
Jul 19 |
Dutch Premier Kuypers disbands 1st Chamber |
Jul 21 |
After 13 years, the 4,607-mile Trans-Siberian railway is completed |
Jul 21 |
Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH |
Jul 23 |
Ice cream cone created by during St Louis World Fair - reputedly first by Charles E Menches |
Jul 28 |
Rafael Reyes becomes dictator of Colombia after losing Panama |
Jul 28 |
Interior Minister of Russia, Vyacheslav Plehve is assassinated; as leader of the most reactionary elements of government, he was hated for his repressive policies |
Aug 3 |
British journalist Francis Younghusband visits forbidden city Lhasa |
Aug 7 |
Train derailed on bridge in Eden Colo during a flash flood, kills 96 |
Aug 9 |
Libanus McLouth Todd of Rochester, New York patents his check-writing machine, the Protectograph designed to protect against check forgers |
Aug 10 |
Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest |
Aug 10 |
Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock |
Aug 10 |
Japanese fleet defeat Russians off Port Arthur |
Aug 10 |
Higlanders Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games |
Aug 11 |
German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa |
Aug 11 |
The Russian fleet in the harbor of at Port Arthur are exposed to Russian guns on the hill above the harbor; Russian trips attempt escape, but most are forced back into harbor by Japanese ships |
Aug 16 |
NYC begins building Grand Central Station |
Aug 17 |
Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0 |
Aug 17 |
George H Reid succeeds John Watson as Prime Minister of Australia |
Aug 18 |
Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by George Reid. |
Aug 23 |
Automobile tire chain patented |
Aug 24 |
24th US Men's Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (10-8 6-4 9-7) |
Aug 24 |
Battle of Liao-Yang-200,000 Japanese against 150,000 Russian, Japanese tactical victory |
Aug 25 |
james j jeffries TKOs Jack Munroe in 2 for heavyweight boxing title |
Aug 29 |
1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis) |
Aug 29 |
3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis |
Aug 30 |
Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km) |
Sep 3 |
St Louis Olympics closes |
Sep 4 |
Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet |
Sep 6 |
Soccer team Rheden forms |
Sep 7 |
British forces in Tibet force the Dalai Lhama to sign a treaty that grants Britain trading posts in Tibet and guarantee that Tibet will not concede territory to foreign powers |
Sep 9 |
Mounted police 1st used in NYC |
Sep 9 |
Boston Herald again refers to NY baseball club as Yankees, when it reports "Yankees take 2," Yankee name not official till 1913 |
Sep 15 |
Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight |
Sep 19 |
Gen Nogi's assault on Port Arthur: 16,000 Japanese casualties |
Sep 20 |
George Ade's "College Widow," premieres in NYC |
Sep 20 |
Orville & Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II |
Sep 21 |
The general strike called by the Socialist Party that spread throughout Italy ends today |
Sep 23 |
Francis Younghusbands leaves Lhasa, Tibet |
Sep 25 |
Charles Follis is 1st black to play proessional American football |
Sep 26 |
Charles Kleins "Music Master" premieres in NYC |
Sep 26 |
Earl Grey is named British governor-general of Canada |
Sep 26 |
GB Shaw's "How He Lied to Her Husband" premieres in NYC |
Sep 28 |
Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, NYC |
Sep 29 |
1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) |
Sep 30 |
White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days |
Oct 1 |
JB van Heutsz becomes governor general of Dutch East Indies |
Oct 1 |
Netherlands & Portugal lay down bounderies splitting Timor |
Oct 3 |
France & Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence |
Oct 3 |
Giants Christy Mathewson strikes out then record 16 Cards |
Oct 3 |
Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal & Industrial School |
Oct 4 |
1st day of NYC subway, 350,000 people ride 9.1 mile tracks |
Oct 7 |
NY Highlander Jack Chesbro wins record 41st game of season (41-12) |
Oct 8 |
1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) |
Oct 10 |
Liberty Theater opens at 234 W 42nd St NYC |
Oct 10 |
Yanks 2 games out play 1st place Red Sox on final day doubleheader 41 game winner Chesbro loses 1st game & chance at pennant |
Oct 10 |
Boston pitchers achieve 148 complete games-an AL record, also record for total complete games AL 1,098, NL 1,089 |
Oct 15 |
The Russians are driven back by the Japanese in the Battle of Shaho; both sides suffer high casualties: Japanese (16,000) and Russians (60,000) |
Oct 16 |
Russian Baltic fleet departs to Port Arthur |
Oct 17 |
Bank of Italy (Bank of America) opens its doors |
Oct 18 |
Gustav Mahler's 5th symphony premieres in Cologne |
Oct 19 |
Polytechnic University of the Philippines founded as Manila Business School through the superintendence of the American C.A. O'Reilley. |
Oct 20 |
Bolivia and Chile sign a treaty ending the War of the Pacific; it recognizes Chile's possession of the coast, but provides for construction of a railway to link La Paz, Bolivia, to Arica on the coast |
Oct 22 |
Russian fleet shoots at British fishing ship |
Oct 24 |
First New York subway opens |
Oct 27 |
IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel (Bkln bridge-145 & Bdwy) |
Oct 28 |
St Louis police try a new investigation method - fingerprints |
Oct 29 |
First intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas) |
Oct 29 |
Interborough Rapid Transit subway opens in New York City |
Nov 1 |
George Bernard Shaw's "John Bull's Other Island" premieres in London |
Nov 2 |
British newspaper "Daily Mirror" begins publishing |
Nov 4 |
First stadium built specifically for football (Harvard Stadium) |
Nov 8 |
American President Theodore Roosevelt (R) defeats Alton B Parker (D) |
Nov 8 |
Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first U.S. patent for a separable electric attachment plug |
Nov 9 |
1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes |
Nov 14 |
King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade |
Nov 17 |
George Cohan's musical "Little Johnny Jones" premieres in NYC |
Nov 18 |
General Esteban Huertas steps down after the government of Panama fears he wants to stage a coup. |
Nov 23 |
3rd Olympic games close in St Louis |
Nov 28 |
Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa |
Dec 6 |
Theodore Roosevelt confirms Monroe-doctrine (Roosevelt Corollary) |
Dec 10 |
King Peter I of Serbia named nationalist regime |
Dec 10 |
Founding of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. |
Dec 12 |
CMS McClellans "Leah Kleschna" premieres in NYC |
Dec 19 |
Dawson City hockey team begins 9 day walk to get a boat to Seattle to catch a train to Ottawa to play in Stanley Cup on Jan 13 1905 |
Dec 24 |
German SW Africa abolishes slavery of young children |
Dec 27 |
Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan) |
Dec 27 |
W B Yeats/Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin |
Dec 28 |
1st daily wireless weather forecasts published (London) |
Dec 31 |
The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square, then known as Longacre Square, in New York, New York. |
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