Year
The world in 2004
In 2004 the atlas holds 252 states standing across 6 regions. 53 things began that year - 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Graphene and Orange Revolution among them - and 6 ended; 0 people were born and 66 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 2000s page, and to its century on the 21st century.
What began in 2004
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan · state · 2004 – 2021
- Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands · state · 2004 – 2017
Wars and battles 16
- Beslan school siege · battle · 2004
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa · war · 2004
- Kivu conflict · war · 2004
- First Battle of Fallujah · battle · 2004
- Second Battle of Fallujah · battle · 2004
- Southern Thailand insurgency · war · 2004
- 2004 Israeli operation in Rafah · battle · 2004
- Central African Bush War · war · 2004 – 2007
- 2004 Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip · battle · 2004
- American drone strikes in Pakistan · war · 2004 – 2018
and 6 more in the atlas.
Regime change 1
- 2004 Haitian coup d'état · adverse regime change · 2004
Unrest and atrocity 11
- Orange Revolution · unrest · 2004 – 2005
- 2004 Madrid train bombings · atrocity · 2004
- Houthi insurgency · unrest · 2004 – 2015
- 2004 unrest in Kosovo · atrocity · 2004
- 2004 Qamishli riots · unrest · 2004
- 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt · unrest · 2004
- Yelwa massacre · atrocity · 2004
- Killing of Ahmed Yassin · atrocity · 2004
- 2004 Chadian coup attempt · unrest · 2004
- 2004 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt · unrest · 2004
and 1 more in the atlas.
Natural disasters 3
- 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami · disaster · 2004
- 2004 Chūetsu earthquake · disaster · 2004
- 2004 Al Hoceima earthquake · disaster · 2004
Treaties 3
- Arab Charter on Human Rights · treaty · 2004
- Ballast Water Management Convention · treaty · 2004
- Cusco Declaration · treaty · 2004
Works and ideas 17
- Graphene · discovery · 2004
- Orcus · discovery · 2004
- 99942 Apophis · discovery · 2004
- Anthe · discovery · 2004
- Pallene · discovery · 2004
- Polydeuces · discovery · 2004
- Bebhionn · discovery · 2004
- Fenrir · discovery · 2004
- Hyrrokkin · discovery · 2004
- Farbauti · discovery · 2004
and 7 more in the atlas.
What ended in 2004
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan · state · 2002 – 2004
- Coalition Provisional Authority · state · 2003 – 2004
Wars and battles 3
- NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina · battle · 1992 – 2004
- 2004 Adjara crisis · war · 2003 – 2004
- Operation All Clear · battle · 2003 – 2004
Famine and plague 1
- 2002–2004 SARS outbreak · plague · 2002 – 2004
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Died in 2004 66
- Ronald Reagan · statesperson · 1911 – 2004
- Yasser Arafat · engineer · 1929 – 2004
- Czesław Miłosz · diplomat · 1911 – 2004
- Jacques Derrida · philosopher · 1930 – 2004
- Francis Crick · physicist · 1916 – 2004
- Susan Sontag · philosopher · 1933 – 2004
- Françoise Sagan · poet · 1935 – 2004
- Ahmed Yassin · politician · 1937 – 2004
- Juliana of the Netherlands · monarch · 1909 – 2004
- P. V. Narasimha Rao · politician · 1921 – 2004
- Akhmad Kadyrov · theologian · 1951 – 2004
- Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan · politician · 1918 – 2004
- Thomas Klestil · politician · 1932 – 2004
- Theo van Gogh · writer · 1957 – 2004
- José López Portillo · politician · 1920 – 2004
- Boris Trajkovski · politician · 1956 – 2004
and 50 more in the atlas.
Standing in 2004
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.
Europe59 states
- France · 481 – present · Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic since 1995
- Russia · 1991 – present · Vladimir Putin, President of Russia since 2000
- Italy · 1946 – present · Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, President of Italy since 1999
- Germany · 1990 – present · Johannes Rau, president of Germany since 1999 and Horst Köhler, president of Germany since 2004
- Finland · 1917 – present · Tarja Halonen, President of Finland since 2000
- Spain · 1516 – present · Juan Carlos I, Monarch of Spain since 1975
- United Kingdom · 1927 – present · Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom since 1952
- Norway · 1905 – present · Harald V, Monarch of Norway since 1991
- Poland · 1989 – present · Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of the Republic of Poland since 1995
- Ukraine · 1991 – present · Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine since 1994
and 49 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa41 states
- Turkey · 1923 – present · Ahmet Necdet Sezer, President of Turkey since 2000
- Egypt · 1953 – present · Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt since 1981
- Israel · 1948 – present · Moshe Katsav, President of Israel since 2000
- Iran · 1979 – present · Mohammad Khatami, President of Iran since 1997
- Algeria · 1962 – present · Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria since 1999
- Azerbaijan · 1991 – present · Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan since 2003
- Armenia · 1991 – present · Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia since 1998
- Iraq · 1932 – present · Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, President of Iraq since 2004
- Saudi Arabia · 1932 – present · Fahd of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia since 1982
- Syria · 1920 – present · Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria since 2000
and 31 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa44 states
- South Africa · 1961 – present · Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa since 1999
- Nigeria · 1963 – present · Olusegun Obasanjo, President of Nigeria since 1999
- Ethiopia · 1995 – present · Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia since 2001
- Kenya · 1964 – present · Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya since 2002
- Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1960 – present · Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2001
- Somalia · 1960 – present · Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, President of Somalia since 2000 and Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, President of Somalia since 2004
- Ghana · 1960 – present · John Kufuor, President of Ghana since 2001
- Angola · 1992 – present · José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola since 1979
- Tanzania · 1964 – present · Benjamin Mkapa, President of Tanzania since 1995
- Zimbabwe · 1980 – present · Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe since 1987
and 34 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia28 states
- India · 1950 – present · A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, President of India since 2002
- Afghanistan · 2002 – present
- Pakistan · 1956 – present · Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan since 2001
- Kazakhstan · 1991 – present · Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan since 1991
- Bangladesh · 1971 – present · Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh since 2002
- Kyrgyzstan · 1991 – present · Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzstan since 2000
- Sri Lanka · 1972 – present · Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka since 1994
- Uzbekistan · 1991 – present · Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan since 1991
- Tajikistan · 1929 – present · Emomali Rahmon, president of Tajikistan since 1994
- Bhutan · 1949 – present · Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan since 1972
and 18 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia29 states
- Japan · 1947 – present · Akihito, Emperor of Japan since 1989
- People's Republic of China · 1949 – present · Hu Jintao, Paramount leader since 2002
- Vietnam · 1976 – present · Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 2001
- Indonesia · 1945 – present · Megawati Sukarnoputri, President of Indonesia since 2001 and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia since 2004
- South Korea · 1948 – present · Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea since 2003
- Thailand · 1932 – present · Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand since 1946
- Malaysia · 1963 – present · Sirajuddin of Perlis, Yang di-Pertuan Agong since 2001
- Philippines · 1946 – present · Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines since 2001
- Singapore · 1965 – present · S. R. Nathan, President of Singapore since 1999
- Cambodia · 1953 – present · Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia since 1993 and Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia since 2004
and 19 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania51 states
- United States · 1776 – present · George W. Bush, President of the United States since 2001
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Vicente Fox, President of Mexico since 2000
- Australia · 1901 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Australia since 1952 and Michael Jeffery, monarch of Australia since 2003
- Canada · 1867 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Canada since 1952
- Brazil · 1889 – present · Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil since 2003
- Chile · 1810 – present · Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile since 2000
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina since 2003
- Colombia · 1810 – present · Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia since 2002
- New Zealand · 1841 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of New Zealand since 1952
- Venezuela · 1999 – present · Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela since 1999
and 41 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1979 – 2029: every state, war and life of 2004 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 2004: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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