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1904 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2044. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1904 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1904

• February 9, 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• February 16, 1904 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
• February 22, 1904 – The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
• May 15, 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan’s battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• June 16, 1904 – Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called “Bloomsday”.
• June 28, 1904 – The SS Norge runs aground and sinks
• July 21, 1904 – Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100 mph barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
• October 8, 1904 – Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is incorporated as a city.
• October 15, 1904 – The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Reval, Estonia for Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.

Who Were Born On 1904?

• January 5, 1904 – Erika Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995)
• February 17, 1904 – Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 1980)
• February 29, 1904 – Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965)
• March 1, 1904 – Glenn Miller, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra) (d. 1944)
• March 30, 1904 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player and coach (d. 1970)
• June 17, 1904 – Patrice Tardif, Canadian farmer and politician (d. 1989)
• July 16, 1904 – Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
• July 24, 1904 – Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor (d. 1991)
• September 2, 1904 – August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (d. 1963)
• October 3, 1904 – Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998)