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
Max Weber
in 1904
9 moments here
German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political economist whose work on rationalisation, bureaucracy, religion, capitalism, and social action…
Mikhail Frunze
in 1904
1 moment here
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1904
1 moment here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
in 1904
1 moment here
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a barrister and political leader who led the All-India Muslim League and became Pakistan’s first governor-general after…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1904
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
Pablo Neruda
in 1904
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Pablo Picasso
in 1904
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Ronald Ross
in 1904
2 moments here
British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…
Rosa Luxemburg
in 1904
2 moments here
Polish-born, naturalised-German Marxist theorist, socialist organiser, anti-war activist, and revolutionary.…
Salvador Dalí
in 1904
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Selma Lagerlöf
in 1904
1 moment here
Swedish writer, teacher, Nobel laureate, and women’s-suffrage speaker. Lagerlöf was born at Mårbacka in Värmland, trained in Stockholm, taught in…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1904
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Sigmund Freud
in 1904
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Srinivasa Ramanujan
in 1904
1 moment here
Indian mathematician whose documented life moved between Tamil Nadu, southern India, England, and back to India.…
Sun Yat-sen
in 1904
2 moments here
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and political thinker who founded the Republic of China and the Kuomintang.…
T. S. Eliot
in 1904
1 moment here
Thomas Stearns Eliot was a St. Louis-born poet, critic, editor, and playwright who studied in Massachusetts, Paris, Germany, and Oxford before making…
Umm Kulthum
in 1904
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
Virginia Woolf
in 1904
1 moment here
English novelist, essayist, critic and publisher; a central figure in modernist literature and the Bloomsbury Group.…
William Howard Taft
in 1904
2 moments here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Winston Churchill
in 1904
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Moments
- 1904 Sendai Medical School entrance Lu Xun
- 1904 Congress of Arts and Science address Max Weber
- 1904 Departure from Niagara Falls for Chicago Max Weber
- 1904 Eight-day Chicago stay Max Weber
- 1904 At New York before Panama voyage Ronald Ross
- 1904 Retirement correspondence from Princeton Grover Cleveland
- 1904 First arrival in Trieste James Joyce
- 1904 First Zurich stay James Joyce
- 1904 Moves to Pola James Joyce
- 1904 Stop in London during exile journey James Joyce
- 1904 Stop in Paris during exile journey James Joyce
- 1904 Arrival in Washington Max Weber
- 1904 Rail journey through Atlanta Max Weber
- 1904 Southern journey through New Orleans Max Weber
- 1904 Visit to Tuskegee Institute Max Weber
- 1904 Panama inspection visit Ronald Ross
- 1904 Socialist demonstration at the Trocadéro Anatole France
- 1904 Resumes teaching at Sèvres Marie Curie
- 1904 Attended Congress annual meeting Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- 1904 Settlement at Gordon Square Virginia Woolf