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August 25, 1904
On August 25, 1904, russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
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Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins.
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the Liaodong Peninsula and near Mukden in Southern Manchuria, with naval battles taking place in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
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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 August 25, 1904
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1904 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Liaoyang begins. 1904–1905 conflict in East Asia
The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the Liaodong Peninsula and near Mukden in Southern Manchuria, with naval battles taking place in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
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Other moments from 1904
- 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.
- December 3 The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
- December 6 Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
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