1904

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.
• 1904/12/1 St. Louis World's Fair closes.

Russo-Japanese War

• 1904/2/8 Russo-Japanese War begins - Battle of Port Arthur
• 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

• 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.

Births and Deaths

• Lafcadio Hearn dies (b. 1850).

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