Historical figures in 1904
The atlas holds 44 people and 70 moments here, in 1904. The most recorded lives are Max Weber, James Joyce and Jack London. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.
Notable people
Abai Qunanbaiuly
in 1904
1 moment here
Kazakh poet, composer, philosopher, translator, public figure, and foundational figure in Kazakh written literature.…
Alfred Deakin
in 1904
1 moment here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Anatole France
in 1904
1 moment here
French poet, journalist, novelist, public intellectual, Académie française member, and 1921 Nobel laureate in Literature.…
Anton Chekhov
in 1904
1 moment here
Russian playwright, short-story writer, and physician. Chekhov was born in Taganrog, studied and began his literary career in Moscow, undertook a…
Benito Mussolini
in 1904
3 moments here
Italian journalist, Fascist leader, and dictator of Italy from 1922 until his removal in 1943.…
Deng Xiaoping
in 1904
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Dolores del Río
in 1904
1 moment here
Mexican actress Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete) was a major star of silent-era Hollywood and the Golden Age of…
Emilio Aguinaldo
in 1904
1 moment here
Filipino revolutionary, military leader, and political figure who led forces in the Philippine Revolution, headed the First Philippine Republic,…
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
in 1904
1 moment here
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1904
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
George Orwell
in 1904
1 moment here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Grover Cleveland
in 1904
2 moments here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Helen Keller
in 1904
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Henri Matisse
in 1904
1 moment here
French painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, and major figure of modern art. Born in Le Cateau-Cambresis, Matisse trained and worked…
Hermann Hesse
in 1904
1 moment here
German-Swiss poet, novelist, essayist, and painter. Hesse’s documented life moved between Württemberg, Switzerland, Italy, and Southeast Asia:…
Hirohito
in 1904
2 moments here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Jack London
in 1904
5 moments here
American novelist, journalist, sailor, war correspondent, and socialist activist. Born John Griffith Chaney in San Francisco, he grew up around the…
James Joyce
in 1904
7 moments here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Juan Perón
in 1904
1 moment here
Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1904
1 moment here
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Lu Xun
in 1904
1 moment here
Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren; 1881–1936) was a Chinese writer, critic, translator, lecturer, and civil servant whose work was central to modern Chinese…
Marie Curie
in 1904
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Mark Twain
in 1904
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Maxim Gorky
in 1904
1 moment here
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…
Moments
- 1904 Release in Bellinzona Benito Mussolini
- 1904 Pre-Christmas feast Emilio Aguinaldo
- 1904 Studies at Columbia Law School Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- 1904 Teaching assistant at La Compañía Baja Gabriela Mistral
- 1904 Childhood home in Henley-on-Thames George Orwell
- 1904 Wrentham home purchase Helen Keller
- 1904 Summer painting at Saint-Tropez Henri Matisse
- 1904 Childhood residence at Numazu imperial mansion Hirohito
- 1904 Return to Aoyama Palace Hirohito
- 1904 Arrest at Shimonoseki Jack London
- 1904 Arrival as Russo-Japanese War correspondent Jack London
- 1904 Observation of the Battle of the Yalu Jack London
- 1904 Return to Seoul after border arrest Jack London
- 1904 Boarding-school education Juan Perón
- 1904 Entered the University of Adelaide Lawrence Bragg
- 1904 Lives at 14 West 10th Street Mark Twain
- 1904 Theatre project in Nizhny Novgorod Maxim Gorky
- 1904 American journey begins and ends in New York City Max Weber
- 1904 Enrollment at Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute Mikhail Frunze
- 1904 Residence at the Château Vert Octave Mirbeau
- 1904 Second International congress Rosa Luxemburg
- 1904 Research journey in Lapland Selma Lagerlöf
- 1904 Conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1904 Stands on the Acropolis Sigmund Freud
- 1904 Government College studies Srinivasa Ramanujan
- 1904 Visit to the St. Louis World's Fair T. S. Eliot
- 1904 Inspects Panama Canal site William Howard Taft
- 1904 Speaks at Notre Dame William Howard Taft
- 1904 Addresses Free Trade League in Manchester Winston Churchill
- 1904 Residence in Kula Sun Yat-sen
- 1904 Passport arrest and expulsion Benito Mussolini
- 1904 Establishes the Bateau-Lavoir studio Pablo Picasso
- 1904 Detention after landing in San Francisco Sun Yat-sen
- 1904 University of Lausanne attendance Benito Mussolini
- 1904 Born in Figueres Salvador Dalí
- 1904 Birth in Tamay ez-Zahayra Umm Kulthum
- 1904 First outing with Nora Barnacle James Joyce
- 1904 Death at Zhidebai Abai Qunanbaiuly
- 1904 Death in Badenweiler Anton Chekhov
- 1904 Admission to Usoltsev clinic Mikhail Vrubel
- 1904 Birth in Parral Pablo Neruda
- 1904 National Political League speech Alfred Deakin
- 1904 Birth in Guang'an Deng Xiaoping
- 1904 Birth in Victoria de Durango Dolores del Río
- 1904 Summer visit to Tamworth Grover Cleveland
- 1904 Settled at Gaienhofen Hermann Hesse
- 1904 Summer High Jinks appearance Jack London
- 1904 Atlantic arrival south of Fire Island Max Weber
- 1904 Imprisonment at Zwickau jail Rosa Luxemburg
- 1904 Brief residence at Sandycove Martello tower James Joyce