Events
January
*
January 7 – The
distress signal ''
CQD
CQD (transmitted in Morse code as ) is one of the first distress signals adopted for radio use. On 7 January 1904 the Marconi International Marine Communication Company issued "Circular 57", which specified that, for the company's inst ...
'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''
SOS
is a Morse code distress signal (), used internationally, that was originally established for maritime use. In formal notation is written with an overscore line, to indicate that the Morse code equivalents for the individual letters of "SOS" ...
''.
*
January 8 – The
Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the
Chicago Public Library system.
*
January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
* 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already rei ...
** The
Herero Wars in
German South West Africa begin.
*
January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
* 1264 & ...
– The
Ålesund fire destroys most buildings in the town of
Ålesund, Norway, leaving about 10,000 people without shelter.
*
January 25 –
Halford Mackinder presents a paper on "
The Geographical Pivot of History" to the
Royal Geographical Society of London in which he formulates the
Heartland Theory, originating the study of
geopolitics.
February
*
February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
*1301 &nda ...
– The
Great Baltimore Fire in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore wa ...
, destroys over 1,500 buildings in 31 hours.
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
* 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
–
9 –
Battle of Port Arthur
The of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Japanese destroyers on the neutral Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur, Manchuria, and continued with an ...
: A surprise Japanese naval attack on
Port Arthur (Lüshun) in
Manchuria
Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer M ...
starts the
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
.
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
*1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...
–
Roger Casement publishes his account of Belgian atrocities in the
Congo.
*
February 17 –
Puccini's opera ''
Madama Butterfly'', with a background theme of
Japan–United States relations, debuts at
La Scala in
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
, to no great acclaim. On
May 28 a revised version opens in
Brescia
Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and '' comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo ...
, to huge success.
*
February 23 – For $10 million, the United States gains control of the
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a condui ...
Zone.
March
*
March 3
Events Pre-1600
* 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
*1575 ...
– Kaiser
Wilhelm II of Germany becomes the first person to make a political recording of a document, using
Thomas Edison's
cylinder
A cylinder (from ) has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes. In elementary geometry, it is considered a prism with a circle as its base.
A cylinder may also be defined as an ...
.
*
March 4
Events Pre-1600
* AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a ...
–
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
:
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
n troops in Korea retreat toward
Manchuria
Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer M ...
, followed by 100,000
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
ese troops.
*
March 6 –
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE), 1902–1904, was organised and led by William Speirs Bruce, a natural scientist and former medical student from the University of Edinburgh. Although overshadowed in terms of prestige by R ...
: Led by
William Speirs Bruce
William Speirs Bruce (1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a British naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organized and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE, 1902–04) to the South Orkney Islands and the Wedd ...
, the
Antarctic region of
Coats Land
Coats Land is a region in Antarctica which lies westward of Queen Maud Land and forms the eastern shore of the Weddell Sea, extending in a general northeast–southwest direction between 20°00′W and 36°00′W. The northeast part was discov ...
was discovered from the ''
Scotia''.
*
March 26 – 20,000 demonstrators gather in
Hyde Park, London
Hyde Park is a Grade I-listed major park in Westminster, Greater London, the largest of the four Royal Parks that form a chain from the entrance to Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Gre ...
, to protest against the importation of
Chinese labourers to South Africa by the
British government.
*
March 31 –
British expedition to Tibet: The Battle of Guru – British troops under Colonel
Francis Younghusband defeat ill-equipped
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
an troops.
April
*
April 4 –
1904 Kresna earthquakes
The 1904 Kresna earthquakes occurred on the same day of April 4 in the Ottoman Empire (present-day Bulgaria). The pair of earthquakes measured 6.9 and 7.2 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and were assigned the respective Modified Mercalli in ...
: two earthquakes strike near Kresna, Bulgaria, killing at least 200 people.
*
April 6 –
Joseph F. Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918) was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the nephew of Joseph Smith, the founde ...
announces the
Second Manifesto in
General Conference of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
, ending in fact the practice of plural marriage, which had continued to be practiced by many of its leaders, in violation of the
1890 Manifesto
The 1890 Manifesto (also known as the Woodruff Manifesto, the Anti-polygamy Manifesto, or simply "the Manifesto") is a statement which officially advised against any future plural marriage in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS ...
officially banning the practice.
*
April 8
** The
Entente Cordiale is signed between the UK and France.
**
Longacre Square in
Midtown Manhattan is renamed
Times Square, after ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''.
*
April 8 –
10 –
Aleister Crowley writes ''Liber Al vel Legis'', better known as ''
The Book of the Law'', a text central to
Thelema.
*
April 19
Events Pre-1600
* AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...
– The
Great Fire of Toronto destroys much of that city's downtown, but there are no fatalities.
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– The
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms t ...
becomes the first such party to gain national government, under
Chris Watson.
*
April 30 – The
Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...
opens in
St. Louis, Missouri (closes
December 1).
May
*
May 4
** United States Army engineers begin work on the
Panama Canal
The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a condui ...
.
** German Association football club
FC Schalke 04 is established.
*
May 5
**
Pitching against the
Philadelphia Athletics,
Cy Young
Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered th ...
of the
Boston Americans throws the first
perfect game in the modern era of
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
.
**
British expedition to Tibet: Hundreds of Tibetans attack the British camp at Changlo, and hold the advantage for a while, before being defeated by superior weapons, and losing at least 200 men.
*
May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
* 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
*1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
–
Great Western Railway of England
3700 Class 3440 ''City of Truro'' possibly becomes the first railway
locomotive to exceed .
*
May 15 –
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
:
Russian minelayer ''Amur'' lays a
minefield about off
Port Arthur, and sinks
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
's battleships
''Hatsuse'', 15,000 tons with 496 crew, and
''Yashima''. On the same day, the Japanese
protected cruiser ''
Yoshino'' sinks after being accidentally rammed by the
armored cruiser ''
Kasuga'', killing over 270 crew, including Captain Sayegi and his second-in-command, Commander Hirowateri. Japan will keep the loss of ''Yashima'' secret for over a year.
*
May 21 – The International Federation of Association Football,
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
, is established.
*
May 30 –
Alpha Gamma Delta, which becomes an international women's fraternity, is founded by 11 women at
Syracuse University.
June
*
June 3
Events Pre-1600
* 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
* 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
– The
International Alliance of Women is founded.
*
June 10 – Irish author
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the Modernism, modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important ...
meets his future wife,
Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle (21 March 1884 – 10 April 1951) was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. Barnacle and Joyce had their first romantic assignation in 1904 on a date celebrated worldwide as the "Bloomsday" of his modernist novel ...
, in Dublin.
*
June 15 – A fire aboard the steamboat ''
General Slocum
The PS ''General Slocum''"PS" stands for "Paddle Steamer" was a sidewheel passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. During her service history, she was involved in a number of mishaps, including multiple groundings and collision ...
'' in New York City's East River kills 1,021.
*
June 16
** Finnish nationalist
Eugen Schauman
Eugen Waldemar Schauman (russian: Евгений Владимирович Шауман, ''Evgeny Vladimirovich Shauman''); ( – ) was a Swedish speaking Finnish nationalist and nobleman. Schauman assassinated the Imperial Russian Governor-Ge ...
assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov
Nikolay Ivanovich Bobrikov (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Бо́бриков; in St. Petersburg – June 17, 1904 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Russian general and politician. He was the Governor-General of Finla ...
, the Russian
Governor-General of Finland, in Helsinki.
**
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the Modernism, modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important ...
walks to
Ringsend with
Nora Barnacle
Nora Barnacle (21 March 1884 – 10 April 1951) was the muse and wife of Irish author James Joyce. Barnacle and Joyce had their first romantic assignation in 1904 on a date celebrated worldwide as the "Bloomsday" of his modernist novel ...
; he later uses this date (
Bloomsday) as the setting for his novel ''
Ulysses''.
*
June 28
** Danish ocean liner runs aground and sinks close to
Rockall
Rockall () is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland ...
, killing approximately 627 people, many of whom are Russian-Polish and Scandinavian emigrants.
** The original icon of
Our Lady of Kazan is stolen and subsequently destroyed in Russia.
** English Association football club
Hull City A.F.C.
Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...
is established.
*
June 29
Events Pre-1600
* 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
*1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
*1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...
– The
1904 Moscow tornado occurs.
July
*
July
July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the fourth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., it being the mont ...
–
Pavlos Melas enters
Macedonia with a small unit of men during the
Macedonian Struggle.
*
July 1 – The
third Modern Olympic Games open in
St. Louis, Missouri, United States, as part of the
World's Fair
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...
.
August
*
August 3 –
British expedition to Tibet: The
British expedition under Colonel
Francis Younghusband takes
Lhasa
Lhasa (; Lhasa dialect: ; bo, text=ལྷ་ས, translation=Place of Gods) is the urban center of the prefecture-level Lhasa City and the administrative capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China. The inner urban area of Lhasa ...
,
Tibet
Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
.
*
August 11 –
Battle of Waterberg:
Lothar von Trotha defeats the
Herero people in
German South West Africa, and drives them into the
Omaheke desert, starting the
Herero and Namaqua genocide.
*
August 14 –
Ismael Montes
Ismael Montes Gamboa (5 October 1861 – 16 October 1933) was a Bolivian general and political figure who served as the 26th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1904 to 1909 and from 1913 to 1917. During his first term, the Tre ...
becomes
President of Bolivia.
*
August 17 –
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
: A Japanese infantry charge fails to take
Port Arthur.
*
August 18 –
Chris Watson resigns as
Prime Minister of Australia, and is succeeded by
George Reid.
*
August 24
Events Pre-1600
* 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.
* 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is writte ...
– Faroese Association football club
Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag is established.
September
* September –
Stuyvesant High School opens in New York City as Manhattan's first manual trade school for boys.
*
September 1 –
Griffin Park football stadium, home ground of
Brentford F.C., opens in London.
*
September 2
Events
Pre-1600
*44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
* 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of t ...
–
John Voss sails the rigged
dugout canoe
A dugout canoe or simply dugout is a boat made from a hollowed tree. Other names for this type of boat are logboat and monoxylon. ''Monoxylon'' (''μονόξυλον'') (pl: ''monoxyla'') is Greek – ''mono-'' (single) + '' ξύλον xylon'' (t ...
''
Tilikum Tillicum or Tilikum is a word in Chinook Jargon that means people, family, tribe, and relatives, and may refer to:
Places
* Tilikum Crossing, a bridge in Portland, Oregon
* Tillicum, Lakewood, a neighborhood in Lakewood, Washington
** Tillicum st ...
'' into the
River Thames
The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the The Isis, River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, se ...
in England after a 3-year voyage from
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...
, westabout.
*
September 7 –
British expedition to Tibet: The
Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama (, ; ) is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current D ...
signs the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty with Colonel
Francis Younghusband.
*
September 17 – An early study on the relationship between
alcohol and cardiovascular disease is published in the United States.
*
September 25
Events Pre-1600
* 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus.
* 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt ...
–
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
President
Joseph F. Smith
Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918) was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the nephew of Joseph Smith, the founde ...
issues a ''
Second Manifesto'' against polygamy.
*
September 26 – New Zealand
dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the b ...
Pelorus Jack is individually protected by
Order in Council under the Sea Fisheries Act.
October
* October – The Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School for Negro Girls, predecessor of
Bethune–Cookman University, is opened in Florida by
Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary Jane McLeod Bethune ( McLeod; July 10, 1875 – May 18, 1955) was an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist. Bethune founded the National Council of Negro Women in 1935, established the organi ...
.
*
October 1 –
Phi Delta Epsilon
Phi Delta Epsilon () (commonly known as PhiDE) is a co-ed international medical fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.
History
Phi Delta Epsilon was founded on October 13, 1904, at Cornell University Medical College. ...
, the international medical fraternity, is founded by Aaron Brown and 8 of his friends, at
Cornell University Medical College
The Joan & Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University is Cornell University's biomedical research unit and medical school located in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York.
Weill Cornell Medicine is affiliated with NewY ...
.
*
October 4 –
Swedish Association football club
IFK Göteborg is founded, becoming the 39th
IFK-association.
*
October 5 –
Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-ed professional
business fraternity, is founded on the campus of
New York University.
*
October 9 – German journalist
Anna Rüling
Theodora "Theo" Anna Sprüngli (15 August 1880 – 8 May 1953), better known under the pseudonym Anna Rüling, was a German journalist whose speech in 1904 was the first political speech to address the problems faced by lesbians. One of the first ...
, in a speech to the
Scientific-Humanitarian Committee
The Scientific-Humanitarian Committee (, WhK) was founded by Magnus Hirschfeld in Berlin in May 1897, to campaign for social recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and against their legal persecution. It was the fir ...
in Berlin, makes the
first known public statement of the socio-legal problems faced by
lesbians.
*
October 11 –
Loftus Road football stadium opens in London.
*
October 13 –
Pavlos Melas is encircled at
Statista and killed during the
Macedonian Struggle.
*
October 15 –
Theta Tau, a
professional
A professional is a member of a profession or any person who works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the particular knowledge and sk ...
engineering fraternity, is founded at the
University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origin ...
.
*
October 19 –
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
, mottoeng = ''Light of the Nation''
, type = Public coeducational research higher education institution
, established = October 19, 1904
, closed =
, religious_affiliation = ...
is founded as Manila Business School, through the superintendence of American C. A. O'Reilley.
*
October 21 –
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
:
Dogger Bank incident – The Russian
Baltic Fleet fires on British trawlers it mistakes for Japanese torpedo boats, in the
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian ...
.
*
October 27 – The first underground line of the
New York City Subway opens.
*
October 28 –
Panama and
Uruguay establish
diplomatic relations.
November
*
November 8 –
1904 United States presidential election: Republican incumbent
Theodore Roosevelt defeats Democrat
Alton B. Parker.
*
November 16
** The settlement at
Grytviken
Grytviken ( ) is a settlement on South Georgia in the South Atlantic and formerly a whaling station and the largest settlement on the island. It is located at the head of King Edward Cove within the larger Cumberland East Bay, considered the best ...
, on the British South Atlantic island territory of
South Georgia, is established by Norwegian sea captain
Carl Anton Larsen
Carl Anton Larsen (7 August 1860 – 8 December 1924) was a Norwegian-born whaler and Antarctic explorer who made important contributions to the exploration of Antarctica, the most significant being the first discovery of fossils for which ...
, as a
whaling station for his ''
Compañía Argentina de Pesca
Compañía Argentina de Pesca ( en, Argentine Fishing Company) was initiated by the British-Norwegian whaler and Antarctic explorer Carl A. Larsen, and established on 29 February 1904 by three foreign residents of Buenos Aires: the Norwegian c ...
''.
** English engineer
John Ambrose Fleming
Sir John Ambrose Fleming FRS (29 November 1849 – 18 April 1945) was an English electrical engineer and physicist who invented the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube, designed the radio transmitter with which the first transatlantic r ...
receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
*
November 24 – The first successful
caterpillar track is made (it later revolutionizes construction vehicles and land warfare).
December
*
December 2 – The
St. Petersburg Soviet
The Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Delegates (later the Petersburg Soviet of Workers' Deputies) was a workers' council, or soviet, in Saint Petersburg in 1905.
Origins
The Soviet had its origins in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday, when Nicholas I ...
urges a
run on the banks; the attempt fails, and the executive committee is arrested.
*
December 3 –
Charles Dillon Perrine
Charles Dillon Perrine (July 28, 1867June 21, 1951) was an American astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California (1893-1909) who moved to Cordoba, Argentina to accept the position of Director of the Argentine National Observatory (1909-1936 ...
discovers
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousand ...
's largest
irregular satellite,
Himalia, at California's
Lick Observatory.
*
December 4 – The K.U. or
Konservativ Ungdom (Young Conservatives) is founded by Carl F. Herman von Rosen in Denmark.
*
December 6 –
Theodore Roosevelt announces his
"Corollary" to the
Monroe Doctrine, stating that the United States will intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
*
December 10 – The
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity is founded at the
College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina.
*
December 27 – The stage play ''
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' premieres in London.
*
December 30 – The
East Boston Tunnel opens.
*
December 31 – In New York City, the first
New Year's Eve celebration is held in
Times Square.
Date unknown
* Global
cosmetics
Cosmetics are constituted mixtures of chemical compounds derived from either natural sources, or synthetically created ones. Cosmetics have various purposes. Those designed for personal care and skin care can be used to cleanse or protec ...
and
skin care
Skin care is a range of practices that support skin integrity, enhance its appearance, and relieve skin conditions. They can include nutrition, avoidance of excessive sun exposure, and appropriate use of emollients. Practices that enhance appea ...
brand
Coty
Coty may refer to:
*Coty, Inc., an American beauty products manufacturer
*Coty Award, the Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards (1943-1984) by Coty, Inc.
*COTY, abbreviation for Car of the Year awards
People
* François Coty (1874–1934), perfum ...
is founded in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, France, by
François Coty
François Coty (born Joseph Marie François Spoturno in Corsica ; 3 May 1874 – 25 July 1934) was a French perfumer, businessman, newspaper publisher, politician and patron of the arts. He was the founder of the Coty perfume company, today a m ...
.
*
Canada Dry Ginger Ale is created by John J. McLaughlin.
Births
January
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the ye ...
–
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (died
1982)
*
January 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...
–
Jeane Dixon
Jeane Dixon (January 5, 1904 – January 25, 1997) was one of the best-known American psychics and astrologers of the twentieth century, owing to her prediction of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, her syndicated newspaper astrolo ...
, American astrologer (died
1997
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)
*
January 6 –
Ramiro Prialé, Peruvian politician (died
1988)
*
January 10 –
Ray Bolger, American actor, singer and dancer, best known for his role in ''
The Wizard of Oz'' (died
1987)
*
January 13 –
Richard Addinsell
Richard Stewart Addinsell (13 January 190414 November 1977) was an English composer, best known for film music, primarily his '' Warsaw Concerto'', composed for the 1941 film '' Dangerous Moonlight'' (also known under the later title ''Suicide S ...
, British composer (died
1977)
*
January 14
**
Cecil Beaton, English photographer (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
**
Hector Grey, Scottish street trader and company director (died
1985)
**
Ernst Wellmann __NOTOC__
Ernst Wellmann (14 January 1904 – 17 July 1970) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Awards and decorations
* Iron Cross (1939 ...
, highly decorated German Army officer (died
1970)
*
January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
*1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chin ...
–
Cary Grant
Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor. He was known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing. He was one of ...
, English actor (died
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
)
*
January 19
Events Pre-1600
* 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
* 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender a ...
–
Leo Soileau
Leo Soileau (January 19, 1904 – August 2, 1980) was one of the most prolific Cajun recording artists of the 1930s and 1940s, recording over 100 songs, which was a substantial amount considering the reluctance to record the music during its earl ...
, American
Cajun musician (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
*
January 21
Events Pre-1600
* 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.
* 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when ...
–
Edris Rice-Wray Carson, American medical researcher (died
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
)
*
January 22
**
George Balanchine, Russian-born choreographer (died
1983)
**
Arkady Gaidar
Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...
, Russian children's writer (died
1941)
*
January 26
Events Pre-1600
* 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
* 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
* 1564 – The Council of T ...
**
Ancel Keys, American scientist (died
2004)
**
Donald Macintyre, British naval officer and naval historian (died
1981)
**
Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolo ...
(died
1988)
*
January 27 –
James J. Gibson, American psychologist (died
1979)
*
January 28 –
Canuplin, Filipino magician, bodabil entertainer (died
1979)
*
January 29 –
Arnold Gehlen, German philosopher (died
1976)
February
*
February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
**
Ángel Borlenghi
Ángel Borlenghi (February 1, 1904 – August 6, 1962) was an Argentine labour leader and politician closely associated with the Peronist movement.
Life and times
Early life and the labor movement
Ángel Gabriel Borlenghi was born in Buenos Aires ...
, Argentine labor leader, politician (died
1962)
**
S. J. Perelman, American humorist, author (died
1979)
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
–
Valery Chkalov, Soviet test pilot (died
1938)
*
February 3
**
Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (died
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)
**
Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (died
1934)
*
February 4 –
MacKinlay Kantor
MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904 – October 11, 1977), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded t ...
, American writer, historian (died
1977)
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
*1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...
**
Emil Bodnăraș, Romanian communist politician and army officer and Soviet agent (died
1976)
**
John Farrow
John Villiers Farrow, KGCHS (10 February 190427 January 1963) was an Australian film director, producer, and screenwriter. Spending a considerable amount of his career in the United States, in 1942 he was nominated for the Academy Award for B ...
, Australian film director (died
1963)
*
February 11
** Sir
Keith Holyoake
Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, (; 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th prime minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also the 13th governor-general of New Zealand, serving from 197 ...
, 26th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand ( mi, Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017.
The prime minister (inf ...
(died
1983)
**
Roy MacNairy, English cricketer (died
1962)
**
José do Patrocínio Oliveira, Brazilian musician and voice actor (died
1987)
**
Lucile Randon, French supercentenarian,
world's oldest living person, last surviving person born in 1904
*
February 13 –
Erwin Canham, journalist (died
1982)
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...
**
James Baskett, African-American actor (
Uncle Remus in
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
's ''
Song of the South'') (died
1948)
**
George F. Kennan
George Frost Kennan (February 16, 1904 – March 17, 2005) was an American diplomat and historian. He was best known as an advocate of a policy of containment of Soviet expansion during the Cold War. He lectured widely and wrote scholarly hist ...
, American diplomat (died
2005)
**
Philip Rabinowitz, South African record-breaking sprinter (died
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
)
*
February 21
Events Pre-1600
*452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
*1440 – The Pru ...
–
Alexei Kosygin, Premier of the Soviet Union (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
*
February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferd ...
–
Ernst Jakob Henne, German motorcycle racer and racing driver (died
2005)
*
February 23
**
Gaston Marie Jacquier, French Roman Catholic bishop in Algeria (died
1976)
**
William L. Shirer, American journalist, author (died
1993)
*
February 29 –
Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (died
1957)
March
*
March 1
Events Pre-1600
* 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...
**
Paul Hartman, American actor, dancer (died
1973)
**
Glenn Miller, American bandleader (died
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
)
*
March 2
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome (537–38), Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths, Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo, Flaminian Gate; he a ...
–
Dr. Seuss, American children's author (''The Cat in the Hat'') (died
1991)
*
March 4
Events Pre-1600
* AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a ...
**
Luis Carrero Blanco, Prime Minister of Spain (died
1973)
**
George Gamow
George Gamow (March 4, 1904 – August 19, 1968), born Georgiy Antonovich Gamov ( uk, Георгій Антонович Гамов, russian: Георгий Антонович Гамов), was a Russian-born Soviet and American polymath, theoret ...
, Ukrainian-born physicist (died
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
)
**
Joseph Schmidt
Joseph Schmidt (4 March 1904 – 16 November 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian and Romanian Jewish tenor and actor.
Life and career
Schmidt was born in Davideny (Ukrainian: '' Davydivka'') village in the Storozhynets district of the Bukovina pr ...
, Austrian-Hungarian tenor, actor (died
1942)
**
Chief Tahachee, American-born stage, film actor (died
1978)
*
March 5 –
Mao Bangchu,
Republic of China air force general (died
1987)
*
March 6 –
Hugh Williams
Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (6 March 1904 – 7 December 1969) was a British actor and dramatist of Welsh descent.
Early life and career
Hugh Anthony Glanmor Williams (nicknamed "Tam") was born at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex to Hugh Dafydd Anth ...
, English actor, dramatist (died
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
*
March 7 –
Reinhard Heydrich, German Nazi official (died
1942)
*
March 14 –
Doris Eaton Travis
Doris Eaton Travis (March 14, 1904 – May 11, 2010) was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, a troupe of acclaimed chorus girls wh ...
, American actress (died
2010)
*
March 15
Events Pre-1600
* 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.
* 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place.
* 493 &ndash ...
–
J. Pat O'Malley, English actor (died
1985)
*
March 20
**
Frank Mills (politician), American politician in Ohio legislature (died
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
**
B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.
C ...
, American behavioral psychologist (died
1990
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)
*
March 22
Events Pre-1600
* 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
* 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century.
* 871 – Æthelr ...
–
Itche Goldberg
Itche Goldberg (Yiddish: איטשע גאָלדבערג; March 22, 1904 – December 27, 2006) was a Polish-born Yiddish language writer of children's books, poet, librettist, educator, literary critic, camp director, publisher, fundraiser, essayist ...
, Yiddish author (died
2006)
*
March 23 –
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; March 23, ncertain year from 1904 to 1908was an American actress. She started her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion pict ...
, American actress (died
1977)
(other sources report her year of birth as 1905, 1906,
or 1908
)
*
March 26
**
Gustave Biéler, Swiss-born hero of World War II (executed) (died
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
)
**
Joseph Campbell, American author on mythology (died
1987)
**
Emilio Fernández, Mexican film director, actor and screenwriter (died
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
)
*
March 30
**
Alexandrina Maria da Costa, Portuguese
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
mystic, victim soul and blessed (died
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
)
**
Shin Matsushita, Japanese supercentenarian (died
2019)
April
*
April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
–
Nikolai Berzarin
Nikolai Erastovich Berzarin (Russian: Никола́й Эра́стович Берза́рин; 1 April 1904 – 16 June 1945) was a Soviet officer in the Red Army during the Stalinist era and the Second World War. In 1945 he became the first town ...
, Soviet general (died
1945)
*
April 3 –
Sally Rand, American dancer, actress (died
1979)
*
April 4 –
Soeman Hs
Soeman Hasibuan (Perfected Spelling: Suman Hasibuan; 4 April 1904 – 8 May 1999) better known by his pen name Soeman Hs, was an Indonesian author recognized for pioneering detective fiction and short story writing in the country's literat ...
, Indonesian author, educator (died
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
)
*
April 6
**
William Challee, American actor (died
1989
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)
**
Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of West Germany (died
1988)
*
April 8 –
John Hicks
Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economic ...
, English economist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
1989
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)
*
April 9
Events Pre-1600
* 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...
–
Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician (died
1972)
*
April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 1407 ...
–
Nino Pavese, Italian actor and voice actor (died
1979)
*
April 13 –
Elwood Richard Quesada
Elwood Richard Quesada, CB, CBE (April 13, 1904 – February 9, 1993), nicknamed "Pete", was a United States Air Force Lt. General, FAA administrator, and, later, a club owner in Major League Baseball.
Early years
Elwood Richard Quesada was bor ...
, American air force general (died
1993)
*
April 14
Events Pre-1600
* 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor O ...
–
John Gielgud, English actor (died
2000)
*
April 15 –
Arshile Gorky, Armenian-born painter (died
1948)
*
April 16 –
Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (died
1983)
*
April 22 –
J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (died
1967)
*
April 24 –
Willem de Kooning, Dutch artist (died
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
)
*
April 26
**
Jimmy McGrory
James Edward McGrory (26 April 1904 – 20 October 1982) was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic and Clydebank as a forward and then went on to manage Kilmarnock before returning to Celtic as manager after the end of the Second Worl ...
, Scottish footballer (died
1982)
**
Xenophon Zolotas, Prime Minister of Greece (died
2004)
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
**
Cecil Day-Lewis, English poet (died
1972)
**
Syd Nathan, American record producer,
music industry executive and founder of
King Records (died
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
)
*
April 29 –
Pedro Vargas, Mexican singer, actor (died
1989
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)
May
*
May 4
**
Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress (died
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)
**
Joaquín García Morato, Spanish fighter ace (died
1939)
*
May 6
**
Raymond Bailey
Raymond Thomas Bailey (May 6, 1904 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor, and comedian on the Broadway stage, films, and television. He is best known for his role as greedy banker Milburn Drysdale in the television series ''The Beverly Hill ...
, American actor (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
**
Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born engineer (died
1984)
**
Harry Martinson, Swedish writer,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
1978)
*
May 8 –
John Snagge, British radio personality (died
1996)
*
May 10 –
James Roy Andersen, American general (died
1945)
*
May 11 –
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...
, Spanish artist (died
1989
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)
*
May 17
**
Marie-Anne Desmarest, French novelist (died
1973)
**
Jean Gabin, French actor (died
1976)
*
May 20
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
–
Margery Allingham, British detective fiction writer (died
1966)
*
May 21
**
Robert Montgomery, American actor, director (died
1981)
**
Fats Waller, American pianist, comedian (died
1943)
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
*11 ...
–
Anne de Vries, Dutch writer (died
1964)
*
May 24 –
Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (died
1997
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)
*
May 25 –
Charles L. Melson
Charles Leroy Melson (25 May 1904 – 14 September 1981) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy. His career included service in World War II, the Korean War, and the Cold War, command of the United States First Fleet and of the United Sta ...
, United States Navy admiral (died
1981)
*
May 26
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empir ...
–
George Formby, English singer, comedian (died
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
)
*
May 28 –
George Beck, British
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
prelate and reverend (died
1978)
*
May 29 –
Abu Bakar of Pahang, sultan of Pahang (died
1974)
*
May 30 –
Doris Packer
Doris Packer (May 30, 1904 – March 31, 1979) was an American actress, possibly best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Cornelia Rayburn, Theodore Cleaver's elementary school principal in the television series, '' Leave It to Beaver''.
...
, American actress (died
1979)
June
*
June 2 –
Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer, actor (''Tarzan'') (died
1984)
*
June 3
Events Pre-1600
* 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
* 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
–
Jan Peerce, American tenor (died
1984)
*
June 5 –
Edith Clark, French aviator, parachutist (died
1937)
*
June 6 –
Francisco López Merino
Francisco López Merino (June 6, 1904 - May 22, 1928) was an Argentine poet born in La Plata, Buenos Aires, who committed suicide at the age of 23.
In 1920 he published ''Horas de amor'' (''Love Hours''), a group of nine poems that later fell vic ...
, Argentine poet (died
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
)
*
June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
*1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
–
Bill Cox, American athlete (died
1996)
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
*1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
**
Ralph Bellamy, American actor (died
1991)
**
J. Vernon McGee, American theologian, pastor, author, and Bible teacher (died
1988)
*
June 18 –
Keye Luke, Chinese-born American actor (died
1991)
*
June 20 –
Heinrich von Brentano
Heinrich Joseph Maximilian Johann Maria von Brentano di Tremezzo (20 June 1904 – 14 November 1964), known professionally as Heinrich von Brentano, was a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He served as Federal Minister ...
, German politician (died
1964)
*
June 21 –
Orian Landreth, American football coach (died
1996)
*
June 22 –
William O. Gallery, American admiral (died
1981)
*
June 24
**
Francis Leslie Ashton, British writer (died
1994
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)
**
Phil Harris, American actor (died
1995)
*
June 26
**
Virginia Brown Faire
Virginia Brown Faire (born Virginia Cecelia Labuna; June 26, 1904 – June 30, 1980) was an American silent film actress, appearing in dramatic films and, later, in sound westerns.
Early years
Virginia Cecelia Labuna was born in Brooklyn, New Yo ...
, American actress (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
**
Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born film actor (died
1964)
July
*
July 1
**
Mary Calderone
Dr. Mary Steichen Calderone (born Mary Rose Steichen; July 1, 1904 – October 24, 1998) was an American physician, author, public speaker, and public health advocate for reproductive rights and sex education. Known as the "mother of sex education ...
, American physician, public health advocate (died
1998)
**
Gordon Gunson, English football player (died
1991)
*
July 2
**
René Lacoste, French tennis player, businessman (died
1996)
**
František Plánička
František Plánička (; 2 July 1904 – 20 July 1996) was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovak football. He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the ...
, Czech footballer (died
1996)
*
July 5
**
Harold Acton, British writer, scholar, and aesthete (died
1994
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)
**
Eugenia Clinchard, American child actress (died
1989
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)
**
Ernst Mayr, German-born biologist, author (died
2005)
*
July 6
**
Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari, Pakistani broadcaster (died
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)
**
Erik Wickberg, General of The Salvation Army (died
1996)
*
July 7
**
Nick Connor, American politician (died
1995)
**
Josephine Wilson, British stage, film actress (died
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
)
*
July 8 –
Henri Cartan, French mathematician (died
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
)
*
July 9 –
Hideo Oguni
was a Japanese writer who wrote over 100 screenplays. He is best known for co-writing screenplays for a number of films directed by Akira Kurosawa, including '' Ikiru'', ''The Seven Samurai'', ''Throne of Blood'' and ''The Hidden Fortress''. ...
, Japanese writer (died
1996)
*
July 10
Events Pre-1600
*138 – Emperor Hadrian of Rome dies of heart failure at his residence on the bay of Naples, Baiae; he is buried at Rome in the Tomb of Hadrian beside his late wife, Vibia Sabina.
* 645 – Isshi Incident: Prince ...
**
Haim Ben-Asher, Israeli politician (died
1998)
**
Lili Damita, French-American actress, singer (died
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
)
**
Tom Tippett, English footballer (died
1997
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)
*
July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine I ...
–
Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
1973)
*
July 13 –
Jim Burrows
James Edward Burrows (born December 30, 1940), sometimes known as Jim "Jimmy" Burrows, is an American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s.Stated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' Burrows has direct ...
, New Zealand teacher, sportsman, administrator, and military leader (died
1991)
*
July 14
Events Pre-1600
* 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
*1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
*1420 ...
**
Richard Clarkson
Richard Milroy Clarkson OBE FCGI FRAeS (14 July 1904 – 7 October 1996) was a British aeronautical engineer with de Havilland, then Hawker Siddeley. He led the design of the HS121 Trident wing, certain features of which were subsequently used ...
, British aeronautical engineer (died
1996)
**
Zita Johann, Austrian-American actress (died
1993)
*
July 15
**
Rudolf Arnheim, German-born author (died
2007)
**
Dorothy Fields, American librettist (died
1974)
*
July 16 –
Geraldine Knight Scott
Geraldine "Gerry" Knight Scott (July 16, 1904 – August 2, 1989) was a California landscape architect. She taught landscape architecture at the University of California, Berkeley and was a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. S ...
, pioneering American woman landscape architect (died
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
)
*
July 18
Events Pre-1600
*477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army.
*387 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, lead ...
–
Stella Skopal, Croatian Jewish sculptor (died
1992)
*
July 19
Events Pre-1600
* AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
* 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is ...
–
Mark Koenig
Mark Anthony Koenig (July 19, 1904 – April 22, 1993) was an American baseball shortstop who played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played with the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and New York Gi ...
, American baseball shortstop (died
1993)
*
July 20 –
René Couzinet
René Couzinet (born 20 July 1904, Saint-Martin-des-Noyers, Vendée, died 16 December 1956) was a French aeronautics engineer and aircraft manufacturer. The Société des Avions René Couzinet manufactured a range of Couzinet aircraft during the ...
, French aeronautics engineer, aircraft manufacturer (died
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
)
*
July 21
**
Wilhelm Harster, German officer (died
1991)
**
Louis Meyer, American Hall of Fame race car driver (died
1995)
*
July 24 –
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov
Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov (russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Кузнецо́в; 24 July 1904 – 6 December 1974) was a Soviet naval officer who achieved the rank of Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union and served as ...
, Soviet admiral (died
1974)
*
July 26
Events Pre-1600
* 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
* 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriou ...
–
Edwin Albert Link, American pioneer in aviation, underwater archaeology, and submersibles, inventor of aeronautical, navigation, and oceanographic equipment (died
1981)
*
July 28 –
Pavel Cherenkov, Soviet physicist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
)
*
July 29 –
J. R. D. Tata
Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (29 July 1904 – 29 November 1993) was a French- Indian aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and chairman of Tata Group.
Born into the Tata family of India, he was the son of noted businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy ...
, Indian businessman (died
1993)
August
*
August 3 –
Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (died
1983)
*
August 4
**
Witold Gombrowicz
Witold Marian Gombrowicz (August 4, 1904 – July 24, 1969) was a Polish writer and playwright. His works are characterised by deep psychological analysis, a certain sense of paradox and absurd, anti-nationalist flavor. In 1937 he published his fi ...
, Polish novelist, dramatist (died
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
**
Helen Kane, American singer, dancer, comedian and actress (died
1966)
*
August 6 –
Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Blascheck (6 August 1904 – 16 January 1988), known professionally as Ballard Berkeley, was an English actor of stage and screen. He is best remembered for playing Major Gowen in the British television sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''.
Life a ...
, British actor (died
1988)
*
August 7 –
Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolo ...
(died
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
)
*
August 11 –
Bernard Castro, Italian inventor (died
1991)
*
August 12 –
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (died
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
)
*
August 13
Events Pre-1600
* 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
* 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
* 554 &ndas ...
**
Jonathan Hole, American actor (died
1998)
**
Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American actor, jazz musician (died
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
)
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamda ...
**
Minoru Genda, Japanese aviator, naval officer and politician (died
1989
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)
**
Wendell Meredith Stanley
Wendell Meredith Stanley (16 August 1904 – 15 June 1971) was an American biochemist, virologist and Nobel laureate.
Biography
Stanley was born in Ridgeville, Indiana, and earned a BSc in Chemistry at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. ...
, American chemist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
)
*
August 17
**
Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (died
1984)
**
Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (died
1991)
*
August 19
Events Pre-1600
*295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War.
*43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known ...
–
George de la Warr, British alternative physician (died
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
)
*
August 21 –
Count Basie, African-American musician, bandleader (died
1984)
*
August 22
**
Jay Novello, American actor (died
1982)
**
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping (22 August 1904 – 19 February 1997) was a Chinese revolutionary leader, military commander and statesman who served as the paramount leader of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) from December 1978 to November 1989. Aft ...
, Chinese communist leader (died
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
)
*
August 23
**
Viscountess Furness (born Thelma Morgan), American socialite twin (died
1970)
**
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt (born Maria Mercedes Morgan; 23 August 1904 13 February 1965) was an American socialite best known as the mother of fashion designer and artist Gloria Vanderbilt and maternal grandmother of television journalist Anderson ...
(born Gloria Morgan), American socialite twin (died
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
)
**
William Primrose, Scottish violist (died
1982)
*
August 24
Events Pre-1600
* 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus at the age of eight by his father.
* 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is writte ...
**
Ida Cook, English campaigner for Jewish refugees, and romantic novelist as Mary Burchell (died
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
)
**
Aparicio Méndez, 50th President of Uruguay (died
1988)
*
August 26
**
Christopher Isherwood, English writer (died
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
)
**
Georgia Schmidt, American actress (died
1997
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)
*
August 28
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
* 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way ...
–
Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
*
August 29 –
Werner Forssmann
Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann (Forssmann in English; ; 29 August 1904 – 1 June 1979) was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine (with Andre Frederic Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards) for ...
, German physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accordi ...
(died
1979)
September
*
September 7 –
Daniel Prenn
Daniel Prenn (7 September 1904 – 3 September 1991) was a Russian Empire-born German, Polish, and British tennis player who was Jewish. He was ranked the world No. 6 for 1932 by A. Wallis Myers, and the European No. 1 by "American Lawn Tennis" ...
, Russian-born German, Polish, and British tennis player (died
1991)
*
September 9 –
Feroze Khan
Feroze Khan ( ur, فیروز خان; born 11 July 1990) is a Pakistani actor, model and video jockey. who works in Urdu television. He made his acting debut with '' Bikhra Mera Naseeb'' as Harib and later on played various roles. Khan got his ...
, Pakistani field hockey player (died
2005)
*
Lou Moore, American race car driver, team owner (died
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
)
*
September 13
**
Gladys George, American actress (died
1954)
**
Alberta Williams King, American civil rights champion, wife of
Martin Luther King Sr., and mother of
Martin Luther King Jr. (
assassinated 1974)
*
September 14
**
Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died
1962)
**
Richard Mohaupt, German composer, Kapellmeister (died
1957)
*
September 15 –
Umberto II of Italy, 4th and last
King of Italy
King of Italy ( it, links=no, Re d'Italia; la, links=no, Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first to take the title was Odoacer, a barbarian military leader ...
(died
1983)
*
September 19 –
Elvia Allman, American actress (died
1992)
*
September 22 –
Lessie Brown, oldest living American (died
2019)
*
September 26 –
Constantin Doncea
Constantin Doncea (September 26, 1904 – November 4, 1973) was a Romanian communist activist and politician. A railway worker, he played an important part in the Grivița Strike of 1933. Subsequently, imprisoned, he escaped and ended up in Mo ...
, Romanian communist activist and politician (died
1973)
*
September 29 –
Greer Garson, English actress (died
1996)
October
*
October 1
**
Irene Craigmile Bolam
Irene Craigmile Bolam (born Irene Madalaine O'Crowley; October 1, 1904 – July 7, 1982) was an American banker and resident of Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. In 1970, a book that was soon widely discredited set forth an allegatio ...
, American Amelia Earhart look-alike/believed alias (died
1982)
**
A. K. Gopalan
Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan (1 October 1904 – 22 March 1977), popularly known as A. K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indian communist politician. He was one of 16 Communist Party of India members elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1952. Later he beca ...
, Indian communist leader (died
1977)
*
October 2
Events Pre-1600
* 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
* 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ...
**
Graham Greene
Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991) was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading English novelists of the 20th century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquir ...
, English author (died
1991)
**
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Re ...
, 2nd Prime Minister of India (died
1966)
*
October 3 –
Charles J. Pedersen
Charles John Pedersen ( ja, 安井 良男, ''Yasui Yoshio'', October 3, 1904 – October 26, 1989) was an American organic chemist best known for describing methods of synthesizing crown ethers during his entire 42-year career as a chemist for D ...
, American chemist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
)
*
October 7 –
Cyril Horn, English speed skater (died
1987)
*
October 9 –
Wally Brown, American actor, comedian (died
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
)
*
October 11 –
Tita Merello, Argentine actress, singer, and tango dancer (died
2002)
*
October 18 –
Haim Shirman, Russian-born Israeli professor of medieval Spanish Jewish poetry (died
1981)
*
October 20 –
Tommy Douglas
Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist min ...
, Canadian politician (died
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
)
*
October 23 –
Harvey Penick, American golfer (died
1995)
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II ...
–
Vladimir Peter Tytla, American animator (died
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
)
*
October 29 –
Casimiro Montenegro Filho
Casimiro Montenegro Filho (29 October 1904—26 February 2000) was a Brazilian army and air force officer. He reached the rank of Marechal-do-ar, the highest rank of the Brazilian Air Force rank system.
Born in Fortaleza, Montenegro joined Reale ...
, Brazilian army and air force officer (died
2000)
November
*
November 1
Events Pre-1600
*365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
–
Laura La Plante, American silent film actress (died
1996)
*
November 2 –
Hugh Lygon, English aristocrat (died
1936)
*
November 4
Events Pre-1600
*1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
*1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico.
*1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII ...
–
Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician, textilist (died
1967)
*
Horace Mann Bond – African American historian and college administrator (died
1972)
*
November 11
Events Pre-1600
* 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the ...
**
J. H. C. Whitehead
John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS (11 November 1904 – 8 May 1960), known as Henry, was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai (then known as Madras), in India, and died in Princeton, ...
, British mathematician (died
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
)
**
Alger Hiss, American lawyer, government official, author and lecturer (died
1996)
*
November 12 –
Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur (; November 12, 1904 – December 19, 1977) was a French film director known for the classic film noir ''Out of the Past'' and a series of low-budget horror films he made for RKO Studios, including '' Cat People'', ''I Walked w ...
, French director (died
1977)
*
November 14
**
Dick Powell, American actor, singer (died
1963)
**
Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury (died
1988)
**
William H. Brockman Jr., United States Navy admiral (d.
1979)
*
November 16 –
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, (16 November 1904 – 11 May 1996), usually referred to as "Zik", was a Nigerian statesman and political leader who served as the first President of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966. Considered a driving force behind the n ...
, 1st President of Nigeria (died
1996)
*
November 18 –
Masao Koga
was a Japanese composer, mandolinist, and guitarist of the Shōwa era who was dubbed "Japan's Irving Berlin" by Universal Press Syndicate. His melancholy style, based upon Nakayama Shimpei's '' yonanuki'' scale, was popularly known in Japan as ...
, Japanese composer (died
1978)
*
November 22
Events Pre-1600
* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
* 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fr ...
–
Louis Néel, French physicist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
2000)
*
November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
**
Lillian Copeland, American Olympic athlete (died
1964)
**
Toni Ortelli
Antonio "Toni" Ortelli (November 25, 1904 in Schio, Italy – March 3, 2000 in Schio) was an Italian alpinist, conductor and composer from the Veneto.
Ortelli is well known in the southern Alps regions of Italy, Austria
Austria, , ...
, Italian composer, alpinist (died
2000)
*
November 30 –
Clyfford Still, American painter (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
December
*
December 3 –
Roberto Marinho
Roberto Pisani Marinho (December 3, 1904 – August 6, 2003) was a Brazilian businessman who was the owner of media conglomerate Grupo Globo from 1925 to 2003, and during this period expanded the company from newspapers to radio and television.
...
, Brazilian publisher, businessman and media mogul (died
2003)
*
December 4 –
Albert Norden
Albert Norden (4 December 1904 – 30 May 1982) was a German communist politician.
Early years
Albert Norden was born in Myslowitz, Silesia on 4 December 1904, one of the five recorded children born to the liberal rabbi (1870–1943) and hi ...
, German politician (died
1982)
*
December 6 –
Ève Curie
Ève Denise Curie Labouisse (; December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist. Ève Curie was the younger daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. Her sister was Irène Joliot-Curie an ...
, French author (died
2007)
*
December 7 –
Clarence Nash, American voice actor (died
1985)
*
December 10 –
Antonín Novotný, 7th President of Czechoslovakia (died
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)
*
December 12 – Baron
Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-born magazine editor, socialite (died
1981)
*
December 17
Events Pre-1600
*497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.
* 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
* 920 – Romanos I Lekape ...
–
Paul Cadmus
Paul Cadmus (December 17, 1904 – December 12, 1999) was an American artist widely known for his egg tempera paintings of gritty social interactions in urban settings. He also produced many highly finished drawings of single nude male figures ...
, American artist (died
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
)
*
December 18 –
George Stevens, American film director (died
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
)
*
December 20 –
Rambai Barni Svastivatana, queen consort of King
Prajadhipok of
Siam, (died
1984)
*
December 21 –
Jean René Bazaine, French painter (died
2001)
*
December 24
**
Joseph M. Juran, American engineer, philanthropist (died
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
)
**
Herbert D. Riley, United States Navy admiral (died
1973)
*
December 25
**
Gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate (died
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
)
**
Flemmie Pansy Kittrell, American nutritionist (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
*
December 26 –
Alejo Carpentier
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (, ; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of Frenc ...
, Cuban writer (died
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
)
*
December 27 –
Linwood G. Dunn, American
special effects artist (died
1998)
*
December 30
**
Dmitri Kabalevsky, Russian composer (died
1987)
**
David M. Shoup, American general (died
1983)
Date unknown
*
Tevfik Esenç, Turkish-born last speaker of the Ubykh language (died
1992)
Deaths
January
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the ye ...
–
Frederick Pabst, German-American brewer (born
1836)
*
January 2
**
Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess (born
1820)
**
James Longstreet, American Confederate Civil War general (born
1821)
*
January 7
**
Parke Godwin
Parke Godwin (January 28, 1929 – June 19, 2013) was an American writer. He won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella in 1982 for his story "The Fire When It Comes". He was a native of New York City, where he was born in 1929. He was the ...
, American journalist (born
1816)
**
Friedrich von Hefner-Alteneck
Friedrich Heinrich Philipp Franz von Hefner-Alteneck (April 27, 1845 in Aschaffenburg – January 6, 1904 in Biesdorf near Berlin) was a German electrical engineer and one of the closest aides of Werner von Siemens. He is largely remembered for ...
, German engineer (born
1845)
**
Emmanuel Rhoides
Emmanuel Rhoides ( gr, Ἐμμανουὴλ Ῥοΐδης; 28 June 1836 – 7 January 1904) was a Greek writer and journalist.
Biography
Born in Hermoupolis, the capital of the island of Syros, to a family of rich aristocrats
from Chios &mdash ...
, Greek writer (born
1836)
*
January 9
**
John Brown Gordon
John Brown Gordon () was an attorney, a slaveholding plantation owner, general in the Confederate States Army, and politician in the postwar years. By the end of the Civil War, he had become "one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals."
...
, American general and politician, 53rd
Governor of Georgia (born
1832)
**
Hannah Lynch, Irish translator (born
1859)
*
January 10 –
Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
*
January 13 –
Samuel G. Havermale, American
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
minister (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
* January 17
** Henry Keppel, Sir Henry Keppel, British admiral (born 1809)
** Joseph Nirschl, German
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
theologian (born 1823)
*
January 22 – Laura Vicuña, Chilean
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
holy figure and blessed (born 1891)
*
January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
* 1264 & ...
– Gédéon Bordiau, Belgian architect (born
1832)
* January 24 – Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt (born 1831)
*
January 28
** Karl Emil Franzos, Austrian novelist (born 1848)
** Elphège Gravel, Canadian
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
priest and bishop (born 1838)
* January 30
** Józef Gosławski (architect), Józef Gosławski, Polish architect (born 1865)
** Phoebe Jane Babcock Wait, American physician (born 1838)
February
*
February 3 – John James McDannold, U.S. Representative from Illinois (born 1851)
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
* 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
** Alfred Ainger, British biographer (born 1837)
** Malvina Garrigues, Portuguese soprano (born 1825)
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
*1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...
– Nikolay Mikhaylovsky, Russian writer (born 1842)
*
February 11 – Vladimir Markovnikov, Russian chemist (born 1838)
* February 12 – Rudolf Maison, German sculptor (born 1854)
*
February 13
** John Ellison-Macartney, Irish politician (born 1818)
** Émile Metz, Luxembourgish politician, industrialist and engineer (born 1835)
* February 14 – Alvinza Hayward, American financier and businessman (born 1822)
* February 15 – Mark Hanna, United States Senator from Ohio (born 1837)
*
February 17 – Hermann Emminghaus, German psychiatrist (born
1845)
* February 19 – Alice Sudduth Byerly, American temperance activist (born 1855)
*
February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferd ...
– Leslie Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen, British writer and critic (born
1832)
* February 26 – Prince Henry of Prussia (1900–1904), Prince Henry of Prussia (born 1900)
* February 28 – Anthony Durier, American
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
bishop (born 1833)
*
February 29 – Antonio De Martino, Italian physician (born 1815)
March
*
March 2
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome (537–38), Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths, Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo, Flaminian Gate; he a ...
– Mary C. Billings, American evangelist and missionary (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
*
March 5
** John Lowther du Plat Taylor, British founder of the Army Post Office Corps (born 1829)
** Alfred von Waldersee, Imperial German Army marshal (born
1832)
*
March 7 – Ferdinand André Fouqué, French geologist (born 1828)
* March 12 – Oliver Harriman, American businessman (born 1829)
*
March 14 – Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow, Prussian explorer (born 1831)
* March 17
** Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, grandson of King George III (born 1819)
** William Elbridge Sewell, American naval officer, Governor of Guam (born 1851)
* March 21 – Aurélie Ghika, French writer (born
1820)
* March 24 – Emma Herwegh, German writer (born 1817)
*
March 31
** Mifflin E. Bell, American architect (born 1847)
** Valentine Blake Dillon, Irish politician (born 1847)
April
*
April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
– Abby Morton Diaz, American teacher (born
1821)
*
April 3
** Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar (born 1827)
** Théophile Pépin, French mathematician (born 1826)
** Piyamavadi, Princess Piyamavadi Sri Bajarindra Mata (born 1838)
* April 5 – Tom Allen (boxer), Tom Allen, British boxing champion (born 1840)
*
April 6
** Émile de Kératry, French author (born
1832)
** Princess Sophie of Baden (born 1834)
*
April 9
Events Pre-1600
* 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...
– Queen Isabella II of Spain (born 1830)
* April 12 – Elizaveta Akhmatova, Russian translator (born
1820)
*
April 13 – Stepan Makarov, Russian admiral (killed in action) (born 1849)
*
April 15 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (born 1888)
* April 17 – Joe Cain, American Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, Mardi Gras parade organizer (born
1832)
* April 20 – Sara Jane Lippincott, American journalist (born 1823)
* April 21 – Piatus of Mons, Belgian
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
theologian (born 1815)
*
April 24 – Norodom of Cambodia, King of Cambodia (born 1834)
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– Mykhailo Starytsky, Ukrainian poet and writer (born 1840)
May
* May – Henry F. Frizzell, American soldier (born 1839)
* May 1
** Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (born 1841)
** Wilhelm His Sr., Swiss anatomist (born 1831)
* May 2
** Émile Duclaux, French microbiologist (born 1840)
** Mathilde Esch, Austrian genre painter (born 1815)
** Edgar Fawcett, American poet and novelist (born 1847)
* May 3 – Tycho Kielland, Norwegian jurist and journalist (born 1854)
*
May 6
** Franz von Lenbach, German painter (born
1836)
** Alexander William Williamson, English chemist (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
* May 7
** Manuel Candamo, Peruvian politician, 23rd President of Peru (born 1841)
** Émile-Jules Dubois, French doctor (born 1853)
*
May 8
** Richard Xavier Baxter, Canadian
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
priest and venerable (born
1821)
** Eadweard Muybridge, British photographer and motion picture pioneer (born 1830)
*
May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
* 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
*1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
** George Johnston Allman, Irish mathematician, scholar and historian (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
** Aleksandar Bresztyenszky, Croatian writer (born 1843)
** Bonaventura Gargiulo, Italian Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, Capuchin monk and Bishops in the Catholic Church, Roman Catholic bishop (born 1843)
*
May 10
** Émile Sarrau, French chemist (born 1837)
** Henry Morton Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, British explorer (born 1841)
*
May 11
** Hans Grisebach, German architect (born 1846)
* May 12 – Isabella Eugénie Boyer, French model (born 1841)
* May 13
** Walter Carpenter, British admiral (born 1834)
** Eugen Kumičić, Croatian writer (born 1850)
** Ottokar Lorenz, German genealogist (born
1832)
* May 14
** Rita Barcelo y Pages, Spanish Augustinians, Augustinian religious sister and servant of God (born 1843)
** Fyodor Bredikhin, Russian astronomer (born 1831)
*
May 15 – Étienne-Jules Marey, French inventor (born 1830)
* May 16 – Harold Finch-Hatton, British politician (born 1856)
*
May 17
** Tomás Cámara y Castro, Spanish
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
bishop (born 1847)
** Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born 1852)
* May 19
** Auguste Molinier, French historian (born 1851)
** Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (born 1839)
*
May 21 – Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (1882–1904), Duke Paul Frederick of Mecklenburg (born 1882)
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
*11 ...
– Charles Elwood Brown, U.S. Representative from Ohio (born 1834)
*
May 24 – Duchess Maria Isabella of Württemberg (born 1871)
*
May 26
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empir ...
– Mary Ellen Bagnall-Oakeley, English antiquarian, author, and painter (born 1833)
* May 27
** Anđelko Aleksić, Serbian general (born 1876)
** François Coillard, French missionary (born 1834)
*
May 29 – Manuel María de Zamacona y Murphy, Mexican politician (born 1826)
*
May 30
** Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1819)
** Marta Anna Wiecka, Polish
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
religious professed and blessed (born 1874)
June
* June 1 – Ivan Kondratyev, Russian writer (born 1849)
* June 4
** Princess Marie of Hanover (born 1849)
** Muhammad bin Yahya Hamid ad-Din, Imam of Yemen (born 1839)
** George Frederick Phillips, Canadian-born American military hero (born 1862)
* June 9 – Kwasi Boachi, Dutch engineer (born 1827)
*
June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
*1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
– Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, Belgian count (born
1836)
*
June 16
**
Nikolay Bobrikov
Nikolay Ivanovich Bobrikov (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Бо́бриков; in St. Petersburg – June 17, 1904 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Russian general and politician. He was the Governor-General of Finla ...
, Russian soldier, politician and Governor-General of Finland (born 1839)
** Manuel Uribe Ángel, Colombian physician (born 1822)
*
June 18
** Sami Frashëri, Albanian writer (born 1850)
** Celia Logan, American actress (born 1837)
*
June 22 – Karl Ritter von Stremayr, former Minister-President of Austria (born
1832)
*
June 24 – Richard Knill Freeman, British architect (born 1840)
* June 27 – Anatole Jean-Baptiste Antoine de Barthélemy, French archaeologist (born
1821)
*
June 28 – Aurora Pavlovna Demidova, Princess and Countess Aurora Pavlovna Demidova (born 1873)
*
June 29
Events Pre-1600
* 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
*1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
*1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...
** Pablo de Anda Padilla, Mexican
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
priest and venerable (born 1830)
** Tom Emmett, English cricketer (born 1841)
July
*
July 1 – George Frederic Watts, British Symbolism (arts), symbolist painter and sculptor (born 1817)
*
July 2 – Eugénie Joubert, French
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
religious professed and blessed (born 1876)
* July 3
** John Bell Hatcher, American paleontologist (born 1861)
** Theodor Herzl, Austrian founder of Zionism (born 1860)
* July 4 – Bódog Czorda, Hungarian politician (born 1828)
*
July 5
** Joseph Blanc, French painter (born 1846)
** Joseph Evans (politician), Joseph Evans, British-born Australian politician (born 1837)
** Matsudaira Yasuhide, Japanese daimyō (born 1830)
*
July 6 – Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet (born
1845)
*
July 7 – Adolph Friedländer, German lithographer (born 1851)
*
July 9 – Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (born 1817)
*
July 14
Events Pre-1600
* 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
*1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
*1420 ...
– Paul Kruger, South African military and political figure, 3rd President of South Africa (born 1825)
*
July 15 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (born 1860)
* July 17 – Isaac Roberts, Welsh astronomer (born 1829)
*
July 19
Events Pre-1600
* AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
* 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is ...
– Herbert Campbell, English actor (born 1844)
* July 22 – Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (born 1846)
* July 23
** Isaías Gamboa, Colombian poet (born 1872)
** Rodolfo Amando Philippi, German–born Chilean paleontologist and zoologist (born 1808)
*
July 26
Events Pre-1600
* 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
* 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriou ...
– Henry Clay Taylor, American admiral (born
1845)
* July 30 – Richard A. Harrison, U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
August
*
August 3 – Ernst Jedliczka, Russian-born German pianist (born 1855)
*
August 6 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (born 1825)
* August 8 – John Innes (philanthropist), John Innes, British philanthropist (born 1828)
* August 9
** Joseph David Everett, English physicist (born 1831)
** Friedrich Ratzel, German geographer and ethnographer (born 1844)
* August 10
** Wilgelm Vitgeft, Russian admiral (killed in action) (born 1847)
** Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 29th Prime Minister of France (born 1846)
*
August 12
** Kawamura Sumiyoshi, Japanese admiral (born
1836)
** William Renshaw, British tennis player (born 1861)
*
August 13
Events Pre-1600
* 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
* 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
* 554 &ndas ...
– Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (born
1820)
*
August 14 – Eduard von Martens, German zoologist (born 1831)
* August 15 – John Henry Kinkead, American businessman and politician, 1st Governor of Alaska and 3rd Governor of Nevada (born 1826)
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamda ...
** Joachim Grassi, Italian architect (born 1837)
** Prentiss Ingraham, American author of dime fiction (born 1843)
*
August 22
** Gaudensi Allar, French architect (born 1841)
** Kate Chopin, American author (born 1850)
* August 25 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (born
1836)
*
August 29 – Ottoman Sultan Murad V (born 1840)
September
*
September 2
Events
Pre-1600
*44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
* 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of t ...
** James Brady (criminal), James Brady, American criminal (born 1875)
** Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso, New Zealander Protestant missionary (born
1821)
* September 3
** James Archer (artist), James Archer, Scottish artist (born 1822)
** Heinrich Koebner, German-born Israeli dermatologist (born 1838)
* September 4 – William McCallin, 34th Mayor of Pittsburgh (born 1842)
* September 5 – Herbert von Bismarck, German politician (born 1849)
*
September 13 – James Jameson (British Army officer), James Jameson, American surgeon (born 1837)
*
September 17 – Kartini, Indonesian national heroine, women's rights activist (born 1879)
* September 20
** R. W. H. T. Hudson, British mathematician (born 1875)
** José Maria de Yermo y Parres, Mexican
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
priest and saint (born 1851)
*
September 22
** Wilson Barrett, British actor (born 1846)
** Louis Massebieau, French historian and Protestant theologian (born 1840)
* September 23
** George Adams (businessman), George Adams, Australian businessman (born 1839)
** Émile Gallé, French artist (born 1846)
* September 24
** Niels Ryberg Finsen, Icelandic/Faroe Islands, Faroese/Danish physician and scientist (born 1860)
** Gustav Frank, German-born Austrian Protestant theologian (born
1832)
** Caleb C. Harris, American farmer and physician (born
1836)
*
September 26
** Ernest, Count of Lippe-Biesterfeld (born 1842)
** Lafcadio Hearn, American-born Japanese author (born 1850)
* September 27 – David Grant Colson, American politician, U.S. Representative from Kentucky (born 1861)
October
*
October 4
** Frédéric Bartholdi, French sculptor (born 1834)
** Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist (born 1847)
** Edmund Francis Dunne, American politician, jurist and Catholic orator (b 1835)
** Violet Nicolson, British poet (born 1865)
** Pierre Sainsevain, French settler (born 1818)
* October 8 – Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austrian philosopher (born 1842)
*
October 11
** Mary Tenney Gray, American club-woman
** Archie Hooper, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1881)
*
October 13 –
Pavlos Melas, Greek revolutionary and army officer (born 1870)
*
October 15 – George, King of Saxony, George, King of Saxony (born
1832)
* October 17
** Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (born 1880)
** Ștefan Petică, Romanian poet and writer (born 1877)
*
October 19 – Maurice Baldwin, Canadian Anglican bishop (born
1836)
*
October 21
** Euphemia Vale Blake, British-born American critic (born 1817)
** Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer (born 1877)
** Braulio Orue-Vivanco, Cuban
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
bishop (born 1843)
*
October 23 – Emilia Dilke, English author (born 1840)
* October 26 – Princess Srivilailaksana of Suphanburi, daughter of King Rama V and Pae Bunnag (born 1868)
November
*
November 2 – Henry Austin (baseball), Henry Austin, American baseball player (born 1844)
* November 3 – Carl Daniel Ekman, Swedish engineer (born
1845)
* November 7 – Guillermo Blest Gana, Chilean writer (born 1829)
* November 9 – Joseph C. Hendrix, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York (born 1853)
* November 10
** Augustus Brandegee, American lawyer and politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut (born 1828)
** Oreste Recchione, Italian painter (born 1841)
*
November 12
** Daniel Read Anthony, American publisher and abolitionist (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
** Eliza Ann Otis, American poet, newspaper publisher, philanthropist (born 1833)
** Georges Rohault de Fleury, French archaeologist (born 1835)
*
November 14
** John Murray Mitchell (missionary), John Murray Mitchell, British missionary (born 1815)
** Mario Mocenni, Italian
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
cardinal (born 1823)
** Isadore Rush, American actress (born 1866)
* November 15 – Mary of the Passion, French
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
religious sister, missionary and blessed (born 1839)
*
November 16 – Clara Conway, American teacher (born 1844)
*
November 18 – Justus van Maurik, Dutch author (born 1846)
* November 19 – Ednah Dow Littlehale Cheney, American writer, reformer, philanthropist (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
* November 27
** Annie Chambers Ketchum (religious name, Sister Amabilis), American school founder (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
** Paul Tannery, French mathematician (born 1843)
* November 28 – Fanny Janauschek, Czech actress (born 1829)
* November 29 – Helen Abbott Michael, American scientist (born 1857)
December
*
December 1
** Johanna Anderson, Swedish Baptist missionary (born 1856)
** Hector Giacomelli, French artist (born 1822)
*
December 2
** Enrico Carfagnini, Italian
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
friar and bishop (born 1823)
** Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (born 1843)
*
December 4 – Cristiano Banti, Italian painter (born
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
)
* December 8 – John Kirkpatrick (politician), John Kirkpatrick, British-born Australian politician (born 1840)
* December 11
** Spencer Charrington, English brewer and politician (born 1818)
** Mahmoud Samy El Baroudy, Egyptian political figure, 5th Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1839)
* December 13
** Bob Murphy (baseball), Bob Murphy, American baseball player (born 1866)
** Nikolay Sklifosovsky, Russian surgeon (born
1836)
** Henry Freeman (lifeboatman), Henry Freeman, English fisherman and lifeboatmen (born 1835)
* December 14 – Mélanie Calvat, French
Roman Catholic
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
* Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
* Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...
nun, Marian visionary and saint (born 1831)
*December 15 – Roman Kondratenko, Russian general (born 1857)
* December 16 – Daniel W. Mills, U.S. Representative from Illinois (born 1838)
* December 19 – Lewis Tappan Barney, American army officer (born 1844)
*
December 20 – Princess Alexandrine of Baden (born
1820)
*
December 21 – Edward H. Dewey, American physician (born 1837)
* December 22 – Horace Sumner Lyman, American journalist (born 1855)
*
December 24 – Gustav Bauernfeind, German painter (born 1848)
*
December 25 – Guido Bodländer, German chemist (born 1855)
*
December 27 – William F. Mahoney, U.S. Representative from Illinois (born 1856)
* December 29 – Friedrich Moritz Brauer, German entomologist (born
1832)
*
December 30 – Frederick Clifford, English journalist (born 1828)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, The Lord Rayleigh
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Sir William Ramsay
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Ivan Pavlov, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Frédéric Mistral and José Echegaray
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Institut de Droit International
References
Further reading
* Gilbert, Martin. ''A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900–1933'' (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp. 89–104.
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