In the year 1904
34 Notable deaths
Anton Chekhov
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904).
Born January 29th, 1860 in Taganrog. [ref]
Died July 15th, 1904 at 44 years old in Badenweiler (tuberculosis). [ref]
Theodor Herzl
Father of modern political zionism (1860–1904).
Born May 2nd, 1860 in Pest. [ref]
Died July 3rd, 1904 at 44 years old in Reichenau an der Rax (pneumonia). [ref]
Kate Chopin
American author.
Born February 8th, 1850 in St. Louis.
Died August 22nd, 1904 at 54 years old in St. Louis (cerebral hemorrhage).
Lafcadio Hearn
Greco-japanese writer.
Born June 27th, 1850 in Lefkada. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1904 at 54 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kartini
Indonesian heroine, feminist (1879–1904).
Born April 21st, 1879 in Jepara.
Died September 17th, 1904 at 25 years old in Rembang (puerperal disorders).
Dan Leno
British music hall singer and comedian (1860-1904).
Born December 20th, 1860 in London.
Died October 31st, 1904 at 43 years old in London.
Isabelle Eberhardt
Swiss explorer and author (1877-1904).
Born February 17th, 1877 in Geneva. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1904 at 27 years old in Aïn Séfra (drowning).
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French physician (1857-1904).
Born October 30th, 1857 in Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers.
Died May 22nd, 1904 at 46 years old in Lausanne.
William Renshaw
English tennis player (1861–1904).
Born January 3rd, 1861 in Leamington Spa.
Died August 12th, 1904 at 43 years old in Swanage.
Niels Ryberg Finsen
Faroese physician and scientist of icelandic descent.
Born December 15th, 1860 in Tórshavn.
Died October 24th, 1904 at 43 years old in Copenhagen.
Sami Frashëri
Ottoman-albanian writer, philosopher, playwright (1850-1904).
Born June 1st, 1850 in Frashër.
Died June 18th, 1904 at 54 years old in Istanbul.
Eugen Schauman
Finnish nationalist, assassin of nikolai bobrikov (1875-1904).
Born May 10th, 1875 in Kharkiv.
Died June 16th, 1904 at 29 years old in Helsinki (ballistic trauma).
Laura Vicuña
Chilean child who was beatified by the catholic church (1891–1904).
Born April 5th, 1891 in Santiago.
Died January 22nd, 1904 at 12 years old in Junín de los Andes (tuberculosis).
María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias
Spanish princess and spanish infanta (1880–1904).
Born September 11th, 1880 in Madrid.
Died October 17th, 1904 at 24 years old in Madrid (puerperal disorders).
Pavlos Melas
Hellenic army officer (1870–1904).
Born March 29th, 1870 in Marseille.
Died October 13th, 1904 at 34 years old in Melas.
Roman Kondratenko
Russian general (1857–1904).
Born October 12th, 1857 in Tbilisi.
Died December 15th, 1904 at 47 years old in Lüshunkou District.
Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
German princess (1852-1904).
Born July 25th, 1852 in Stuttgart.
Died May 17th, 1904 at 51 years old in Orte (disease).
Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin
Russian artist (1861-1904).
Born October 29th, 1861 in Borisoglebsk Uyezd.
Died May 10th, 1904 at 42 years old in Novgorod Governorate (tuberculosis).
John Bell Hatcher
American paleontologist (1861–1904).
Born October 11th, 1861 in Cooperstown.
Died July 3rd, 1904 at 42 years old in Pittsburgh (typhoid fever).
Sumner Paine
American sport shooter.
Born May 13th, 1868 in Boston.
Died April 18th, 1904 at 35 years old in Boston.
Lucy Everest Boole
Irish chemist and pharmacist (1862-1904).
Born August 5th, 1862 in Blackrock.
Died December 5th, 1904 at 42 years old
Anna Winlock
American astronomer.
Born September 15th, 1857 in Cambridge.
Died January 4th, 1904 at 46 years old in Boston.
Karl Moritz Schumann
German botanist (1851–1904).
Born June 17th, 1851 in Görlitz.
Died March 22nd, 1904 at 52 years old in Berlin.
Per Sivle
Norwegian writer (1857–1904).
Born April 6th, 1857 in Flåm. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1904 at 47 years old in Christiania.
Adela Florence Nicolson
English poet (1865–1904).
Born April 9th, 1865 in Stoke Bishop.
Died October 4th, 1904 at 39 years old in Chennai (intoxication).
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Even trees do not die without a groan. Henry David Thoreau