1904
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1901 1902 1903 – 1904 – 1905 1906 1907 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1904 MCMIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2657 |
| Armenian calendar | 1353 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6654 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 60–61 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1825–1826 |
| Bengali calendar | 1311 |
| Berber calendar | 2854 |
| British Regnal year | 3 Edw. 7 – 4 Edw. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2448 |
| Burmese calendar | 1266 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7412–7413 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4600 or 4540 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4601 or 4541 |
| Coptic calendar | 1620–1621 |
| Discordian calendar | 3070 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1896–1897 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5664–5665 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1960–1961 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1825–1826 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5004–5005 |
| Holocene calendar | 11904 |
| Igbo calendar | 904–905 |
| Iranian calendar | 1282–1283 |
| Islamic calendar | 1321–1322 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 37 (明治３７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1833–1834 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4237 |
| Minguo calendar | 8 before ROC 民前8年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 436 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2446–2447 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 2030 or 1649 or 877 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 2031 or 1650 or 878 |
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1904, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- January 4 – In Gonzales v. Williams, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not aliens and could enter the United States freely.
Births
[change | change source]- January 18 – Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
- April 22 – Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (d. 1967)
- May 11 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (d. 1989)
- June 2 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (d. 1984)
- June 17 – Ralph Bellamy, American actor and comedian (d. 1987)
- June 26 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born movie actor (d. 1964)
- August 12 – Tsarevich Alexei of Russia (d. 1918)
Deaths
[change | change source]- May 1 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (b. 1841)
- July 15 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (b. 1860)