1903
1904
history - the Herero Rebellion in German South-West Africa (modern day Namibia) begins - Russo-Japanese War - the Dalai Lama signs the Anglo-Tibetan Treaty
culture - U.S. Army engineers begin work on The Panama Canal - the Trans-Siberian railway is completed - Rudolf Steiner: Theosophy: An Introduction to the Spiritual Processes in Human Life and in the Cosmos - Ernst Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur - Hermann Hesse: Peter Camenzind - Jack London: The Sea-Wolf - Theodor Herzl (†) - Anton Chekhov (†)
music - Alban Berg and Anton von Webern begin their studies under Arnold Schönberg - Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa - Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly - Antonín Dvořák (†)
- 1904.00.00 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Edison Bell - Laura Bowman, Pete Hampton... / Pete Hampton... / Messrs Hampton & Smith (Pete Hampton, Norris Smith / Messrs Hampton & Oakley (Pete Hampton, Olly Oakley)
- 1904.00.00 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Odeon (Germany) - Pete Hampton...
- 1904.00.00 -- Missouri: St. Louis - recordings for ? - Scott Joplin
- 1904.01.06 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Gramophone - Pete Hampton...
- 1904.01.14 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Gramophone - Pete Hampton...
- 1904.04.13 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Zonophone - Bert Williams...
- 1904.06.13 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Edison Bell - Pete Hampton...
- 1904.07.00? - Europe: UK: London - recordings for Electric - Pete Hampton...
- 1904.07.00? - Europe: UK: London - recordings for Odeon (Germany) - Pete Hampton...
- 1904.10.00? - Europe: UK: London - recordings for Edison Bell - Pete Hampton...
- 1904.11.00? - Europe: UK: London - recordings for Odeon (Germany) - Laura Bowman, Pete Hampton...