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==Timeline of 1904==
 
==Timeline of 1904==
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*1904/2/20 [[Oshiro Kozo|Ôshiro Kôzô]] departs [[Kobe]] for [[Manila]], to prepare to oversee the settlement of the first Okinawan emigrants to the Philippines.
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*1904/4/10 Three hundred sixty Okinawans depart [[Naha]] for Manila, to become the first Okinawans to settle in the Philippines.
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*1904/4/30 [[St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition]] (World's Fair), at which Japan exhibits, opens.
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*1904/7 ''Fisherman'' by [[Yamamoto Kanae]], oft-cited as the first print of the ''[[sosaku hanga|sôsaku hanga]]'' movement, is published in the July issue of the art & literary magazine ''Myôjô''<!--明星-->.
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*1904/7/6 Two hundred and twenty three Okinawans depart Kobe for Mexico, the first Okinawan emigrants to journey to Latin America.
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*1904/12/1 St. Louis World's Fair closes.
  
 
===[[Russo-Japanese War]]===
 
===[[Russo-Japanese War]]===
*Russo-Japanese War begins.
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*1904/2/6 Diplomatic relations are broken off with Russia.
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*1904/2/8 Russo-Japanese War begins - [[Battle of Port Arthur]]
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*1904/2/9 [[Battle of Chemulpo Bay]]
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*1904/2/10 War is officially declared.
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*1904/4/30-5/1 [[Battle of Yalu River]]
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*1904/5/2 General [[Nogi Maresuke]] captures [[Port Arthur]].
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*1904/5/25-5/26 [[Battle of Nanshan]]
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*1904/6/14-6/15 [[Battle of Te-li-Ssu]]
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*1904/7/17 [[Battle of Motien Pass]]
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*1904/7/24-7/25 [[Battle of Tashihchiao]]
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*1904/7/31-8/1 [[Battle of Hsimucheng]]
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*1904/8/10 [[Battle of the Yellow Sea]]
 
*1904/8/14 [[Battle of Ulsan]]
 
*1904/8/14 [[Battle of Ulsan]]
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*1904/8/19 [[Siege of Port Arthur]] begins (ends [[1905]]/1/1).
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*1904/8/20 [[Battle of Korsakov]]
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*1904/8/24-9/4 [[Battle of Liaoyang]]
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*1904/10/9-10/20 [[Battle of Shaho]]
 
*1904/10/15 Russian Second Pacific Squadron sets sail from the Baltic on its way to Korea.
 
*1904/10/15 Russian Second Pacific Squadron sets sail from the Baltic on its way to Korea.
  
 
==Other Events of 1904==
 
==Other Events of 1904==
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*Giacomo Puccini composes ''[[Madame Butterfly]]''.
 
*[[George Sansom]] first begins serving in Japan as an advisor and representative of the United Kingdom.
 
*[[George Sansom]] first begins serving in Japan as an advisor and representative of the United Kingdom.
*[[Sho Jun (1873-1945)|Shô Jun]] is elected to the [[House of Peers].
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*[[Sho Jun (1873-1945)|Shô Jun]] is elected to the [[House of Peers]].
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*''[[The Awakening of Japan]]'', by [[Okakura Kakuzo|Okakura Kakuzô]], is published.
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*[[Torii Ryuzo|Torii Ryûzô]] travels to Okinawa for the second time for research.
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*Female shamans, or ''[[yuta]]'', are suppressed in Okinawa.
  
 
===Births and Deaths===
 
===Births and Deaths===
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*[[Isabella Bird]] dies (b. [[1831]]).
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*Artist [[Hashimoto Meiji]] is born.
 
*[[Lafcadio Hearn]] dies (b. [[1850]]).
 
*[[Lafcadio Hearn]] dies (b. [[1850]]).
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*Isamu Noguchi is born (d. 1988).
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*Painter [[Taki Katei]] dies (b. [[1830]]).
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 12 March 2017

Meiji 37 (明治三十七年)

Timeline of 1904

  • 1904/2/20 Ôshiro Kôzô departs Kobe for Manila, to prepare to oversee the settlement of the first Okinawan emigrants to the Philippines.
  • 1904/4/10 Three hundred sixty Okinawans depart Naha for Manila, to become the first Okinawans to settle in the Philippines.
  • 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.
  • 1904/7/6 Two hundred and twenty three Okinawans depart Kobe for Mexico, the first Okinawan emigrants to journey to Latin America.
  • 1904/12/1 St. Louis World's Fair closes.

Russo-Japanese War

Other Events of 1904

Births and Deaths


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