The following lists events that happened during 1904 in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
Incumbents
*
Guangxu Emperor (25th year)
Events
January
* January 13 —
Chang Chih-tung and other advisers propose ending the
civil service examinations
Civil service examinations are examinations implemented in various countries for recruitment and admission to the civil service. They are intended as a method to achieve an effective, rational public administration on a merit system for recruitin ...
.
February
* February 25 -
Huang Xing and
Song Jiaoren establish the revolutionary
Society for the Revival of the Chinese Nation in
Changsha.
March
* March — The Shanghai radical paper ''The Alarm Bell'' is shut down under German pressure
* March 31 - The
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
and the Qing dynasty garrison troops in charge of Qumei Xingu exchanged fire. The British Indian Army slaughtered more than 700 people with machine guns and artillery.
April
* In mid-April - the
British Indian Army
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entered the
Gyantse County. In the face of the strong fortifications of Gyangzong Zongshan, the British army transferred more than 4,000 reinforcements and eight cannons from India and a large number of advanced armor-piercing projectiles.
June
* June 12 - the “Eastern Times“ was published in Shanghai, and was published by Japanese Munakata Kotarou . The actual founder was Di Chuqing . At the beginning of the publication,
Kang Youwei's student Luo Xiaogao served as the chief editor, and the newspaper became an important mouthpiece of
Kang Youwei and
Liang Qichao.
* June 21 — A special Imperial pardon is extended to all reformers of 1898, except Sun Yat-sen,
Liang Qichao, and
Kang Youwei
*
Kwangsi
Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ( ...
revolt of a
Heaven and Earth Society
The Tiandihui, the Heaven and Earth Society, also called Hongmen (the Vast Family), is a Chinese fraternal organization and historically a secretive folk religious sect in the vein of the Ming loyalist White Lotus Sect, the Tiandihui's ...
(underway since 1902)
* June 24 — The Kwangsi rebels take
Liucheng
Liucheng County (; Standard Zhuang: ) is under the administration of Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. It covers a land area of and had a permanent population of 353,796 . Located north of Liuzhou's city proper, it borders the pre ...
July
* July 7 - the
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
captured
Gyantse County Zongshan.
* July 31 — The Imperial Court orders the governors of south China to suppress the Kwangsi revolt after the rebels take
Ishan
August
* August 3 -
Lhasa was occupied by the
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, commonly referred to as the Indian Army, was the main military of the British Raj before its dissolution in 1947. It was responsible for the defence of the British Indian Empire, including the princely states, which co ...
, and the 13th Dalai Lama fled to Mongolia via Qinghai.
* August 24 — Imperial troops defeat the rebels at Ishan
September
* Sep.23-Oct.05 — The Kwangsi rebels briefly take Loshing
October
* Octobar 17 -
Zhang Boling founded
Tianjin Nankai High School
Tianjin Nankai High School () is a college-preparatory high school in Tianjin, China. This is the original Nankai High School, and it is often referred to as Nankai High School in Tianjin to differentiate it from Chongqing Nankai Middle School, ...
.
Nov / Dec
* November — The leader of the Kwangsi revolt is captured by Imperial forces
* Nov / Dec — The secret ‘Restoration Society’ is established in Shanghai by revolutionary intellectuals (see 1910)
* 1904 — Sun Yat-sen publishes his manifesto Summary of the Revolution.
Births
* August 22 —
Deng Xiaoping, in
Sichuan Paramount Leader
Paramount leader () is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), often hol ...
of China (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 t ...
)
Deaths
* April 13 -
Imperial Noble Consort Shushen, a consort of the
Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty (b. 1859).
*
Qiu Yufang
Qiu Yufang (裘毓芳), (1871–1904), courtesy name Meilu (梅侣), was a Chinese people, Chinese journalist and feminist, born in Wuxi (無錫), Jiangsu province, China. She is regarded as the first female journalist in China. A member of a progr ...
, revolutionary, writer and feminist (b.
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
)
References
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