1904

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s

Years: 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 - 1904 - 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

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Births

• February 11 - [Henry LaBouisse]?, head of UNICEF (1965-1979).
• February 11 - [Sir Keith Holyoake]?, New Zealand Prime Minister (1960-1972).
• July 13 - Pablo Neruda, poet

Deaths

• July 14 - Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer

Events

• The second Summer Olympic Games are held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Lord John William Strutt Rayleigh]?
• Chemistry - [Sir William Ramsay]?
• Medicine - [Ivan Petrovich Pavlov]?
• Literature - Frédéric Mistral, [José Echegaray Y Eizaguirre]?
• Peace - [Institut De Droit International]?