What happened in 1904

37 events　World 6, Japan 1, North America 10, Europe 15, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 1, Latin America 1, Africa 2

Highlights of 1904

Jan 17USSR / RussiaAnton Chekhov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, opens at the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Constantin Stanislavski.
FebJapanRusso-Japanese WarJapan and Russia fought over Korea and Manchuria, and the war ended in 1905 with the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by the United States. It was the first modern war in which an Asian country defeated a great European power.
Apr 8WorldThe Entente Cordiale is signed between the UK and France.
May 21EuropeThe International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, is established.
Oct 27North AmericaThe first underground line of the New York City Subway opens.
Oct 28Latin AmericaPanama and Uruguay establish diplomatic relations.

Mar 31British expedition to Tibet: The Battle of Guru – British troops under Colonel Francis Younghusband defeat ill-equipped Tibetan troops.
Apr 8The Entente Cordiale is signed between the UK and France.
May 5British expedition to Tibet: Hundreds of Tibetans attack the British camp at Changlo, and hold the advantage for a while, before being defeated by superior weapons, and losing at least 200 men.
Aug 3British expedition to Tibet: The British expedition under Colonel Francis Younghusband takes Lhasa, Tibet.
Sep 7British expedition to Tibet: The Dalai Lama signs the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty with Colonel Francis Younghusband.
Dec 2The St. Petersburg Soviet urges a run on the banks; the attempt fails, and the executive committee is arrested.

FebRusso-Japanese WarJapan and Russia fought over Korea and Manchuria, and the war ended in 1905 with the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by the United States. It was the first modern war in which an Asian country defeated a great European power.

Feb 7The Great Baltimore Fire in Baltimore, Maryland, destroys over 1,500 buildings in 31 hours.
Apr 8Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square, after The New York Times.
Apr 30The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri (closes December 1).
Jul 1The third Modern Olympic Games open in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, as part of the World's Fair.
SepStuyvesant High School opens in New York City as Manhattan's first manual trade school for boys.
Oct 27The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens.
OctThe Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, predecessor of Bethune–Cookman University, is opened in Florida by Mary McLeod Bethune.
Nov 81904 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent Theodore Roosevelt defeats Democrat Alton B. Parker.
Dec 6Theodore Roosevelt announces his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States will intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
Dec 31In New York City, the first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square.

Jan 23The Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter.
Feb 17Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly debuts at La Scala in Milan, to no great acclaim. On May 28 a revised version opens in Brescia, to huge success.
Apr 8Aleister Crowley writes The Book of the Law, a text central to Thelema, in Cairo.
May 21The International Federation of Association Football, FIFA, is established.
Jun 3The International Alliance of Women is founded.
Jun 16Finnish nationalist Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, the Russian Governor-General of Finland, in Helsinki.
JulPavlos Melas enters Macedonia with a small unit of men during the Macedonian Struggle.
AugSummer – Henri Matisse paints Luxe, Calme et Volupté at Saint-Tropez; it will be considered the starting point of Fauvism.
Sep 1Griffin Park football ground, home of Brentford F.C., opens in London.
Oct 11Loftus Road football stadium opens in London.
Oct 13Pavlos Melas is encircled at Statista and killed during the Macedonian Struggle.
Oct 18Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5 is premiered by the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne.
Dec 27The Abbey Theatre in Dublin opens.
Dec 27The stage play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up premieres in London.
Global cosmetics companies are founded in Paris (France): Coty, by François Coty, and Garnier, by Alfred Amour Garnier.

Jan 17Anton Chekhov's last play, The Cherry Orchard, opens at the Moscow Art Theatre directed by Constantin Stanislavski.

Oct 19Polytechnic University of the Philippines is founded as Manila Business School, through the superintendence of American C. A. O'Reilley.

Jan 12The Herero Wars in German South West Africa begin.
Aug 11Battle of Waterberg: Lothar von Trotha defeats the Herero people in German South West Africa, and drives them into the Omaheke desert, starting the Herero and Namaqua genocide.