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1904 in China
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1904
The following lists events that happened during 1904 in China.
Incumbents
Guangxu Emperor (30th year)
Viceroys
Viceroy of Zhili — Yuan Shikai
Viceroy of Min-Zhe — Li Xingrui then Wei Guangtao
Viceroy of Huguang — Duanfang then Zhang Zhidong
Viceroy of Shaan-Gan — Songfan
Viceroy of Liangguang — Cen Chunxuan
Viceroy of Yun-Gui — Ding Zhenduo
Viceroy of Sichuan — Xiliang
Viceroy of Liangjiang — Wei Guangtao then Li Xingrui
Events
January
January 13 — Zhang Zhidong and other advisers propose ending the civil service examinations.http://cnparm.home.texas.net/Nat/China/China01.htm 1. Attempts at Imperial Reform and the Rise of Chinese Radicalism, 1904-1907 China, 1904-1914 https://web.archive.org/web/20210507041514/http://cnparm.home.texas.net/Nat/China/China01.htm 7 May 2021 20 December 2021
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 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 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 journalist Kotarō Munakata ja 宗方小太郎. The actual founder was Di Chuqing (狄楚青). 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
Guangxi revolt of a Heaven and Earth Society (underway since 1902)
June 24 — The Guangxi rebels take Liucheng
July
July 7 - the British Indian Army captured Gyantse County, Zongshan.
July 31 — The Imperial Court orders the governors of south China to suppress the Guangxi revolt after the rebels take Yishan
August
August 3 - Lhasa was occupied by the British Indian Army, and the 13th Dalai Lama fled to Mongolia via Qinghai.
August 24 — Imperial troops defeat the rebels at Yishan
September
September 23 - October 5 — The Guangxi rebels briefly take Loshing
October
October 17 - Zhang Boling founded Tianjin Nankai High School.
Nov / Dec
November — The leader of the Guangxi 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 of China (died 1997)Deng Xiaoping Biography & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Deng-Xiaoping Encyclopedia Britannica 4 July 2019 en
November 28 — Zhao Zongyu, Chinese chemist and academician (died 1989)Chen Guixin (zh 陈贵信) http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2006-02-05/12179019444.shtml zh:中国人造石油之父赵宗燠(图) Father of man-made oil in China: Zhao Zongyu sina 5 February 2006 11 August 2021 zh
Deaths
April 13 - Imperial Noble Consort Shushen, a consort of the Tongzhi Emperor of the Qing dynasty (b. 1859).
Qiu Yufang, revolutionary, writer and feminist (b. 1871)
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