PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1904

In 1904 the atlas holds 426 states standing across 6 regions. 34 things began that year - Russo-Japanese War, Himalia and Axiom of choice among them - and 11 ended; 81 people were born and 30 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1900s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1904

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

Wars and battles 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 9

What ended in 1904

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 7

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1904 81

and 65 more in the atlas.

Died in 1904 30

and 14 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1904

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 93 statesEurope93Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 55 statesEast and Southeast Asia55Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 11 statesLocation unknown11

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

and 17 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia55 states

and 45 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown11 states

and 1 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1879 – 1929: every state, war and life of 1904 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1904: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.