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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]]
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*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 04:26, 16 March 2011

Meiji 37 (明治三十七年)

Timeline of 1904

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

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