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June 16, 1904
On June 16, 1904, eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
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Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
Eugen Waldemar Schauman was a Finnish nationalist activist and member of the noble Schauman family. In 1904, Schauman assassinated Nikolai Bobrikov, the Governor-General of Finland.
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The year in brief
1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1904th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th…
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On June 16, 1904
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1904 Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland. Finnish nationalist activist (1875–1904)
Eugen Waldemar Schauman was a Finnish nationalist activist and member of the noble Schauman family. In 1904, Schauman assassinated Nikolai Bobrikov, the Governor-General of Finland.
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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". Irish novelist and poet (1882–1941)
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded among the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, particularly stream of consciousness.
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- April 4 Two Ms ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
- April 8 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
- August 10 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
- August 23 The automobile tire chain is patented.
- August 25 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
- December 3 The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
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