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| + | *1904/2/6 Diplomatic relations are broken off with Russia. | ||
*1904/2/8 Russo-Japanese War begins - [[Battle of Port Arthur]] | *1904/2/8 Russo-Japanese War begins - [[Battle of Port Arthur]] | ||
| + | *1904/2/10 War is officially declared. | ||
*1904/5 General [[Nogi Maresuke]] captures [[Port Arthur]]. | *1904/5 General [[Nogi Maresuke]] captures [[Port Arthur]]. | ||
*1904/8/14 [[Battle of Ulsan]] | *1904/8/14 [[Battle of Ulsan]] | ||
Revision as of 03:26, 16 March 2011
Meiji 37 (明治三十七年)
Timeline of 1904
- 1904/4/30 St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition (World's Fair), at which Japan exhibits, opens.
- 1904/7 Fisherman by Yamamoto Kanae, oft-cited as the first print of the sôsaku hanga movement, is published in the July issue of the art & literary magazine Myôjô.
- 1904/12/1 St. Louis World's Fair closes.
Russo-Japanese War
- 1904/2/6 Diplomatic relations are broken off with Russia.
- 1904/2/8 Russo-Japanese War begins - Battle of Port Arthur
- 1904/2/10 War is officially declared.
- 1904/5 General Nogi Maresuke captures Port Arthur.
- 1904/8/14 Battle of Ulsan
- 1904/10/15 Russian Second Pacific Squadron sets sail from the Baltic on its way to Korea.
Other Events of 1904
- Giacomo Puccini composes Madame Butterfly.
- George Sansom first begins serving in Japan as an advisor and representative of the United Kingdom.
- Shô Jun is elected to the House of Peers.
- The Awakening of Japan, by Okakura Kakuzô, is published.
- Torii Ryûzô travels to Okinawa for the second time for research.
- Two hundred and twenty three Okinawans leave for Mexico, the first Okinawan emigrants to journey to Latin America. 360 Okinawans leave to settle in the Philippines.
- Female shamans, or yuta, are suppressed in Okinawa.
Births and Deaths
- Lafcadio Hearn dies (b. 1850).
- Isamu Noguchi is born (d. 1988).
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