page_title: 1904
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1904 / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: A portrait of young Murad V, Ottoman Turkey ,Second Half 19th Century
context_page_description: 1904 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 and Anno Domini designations, the 904th year of the 2nd millennium, the 4th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1904, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: August 3 – Ernst Jedliczka, Russian-born German pianist (b. 1855)
  August 6 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)
  August 8 – John Innes, British philanthropist (b. 1828)
  August 9
  Joseph David Everett, English physicist (b. 1831)
  Friedrich Ratzel, German geographer and ethnographer (b. 1844)
  August 10
  Wilgelm Vitgeft, Russian admiral (killed in action) (b. 1847)
  Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 29th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
  August 12
  Kawamura Sumiyoshi, Japanese admiral (b. 1836)
  William Renshaw, British tennis player (b. 1861)
  August 13 – Elizabeth Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (b. 1820)
  August 14 – Eduard von Martens, German zoologist (b. 1831)
  August 15 – John Henry Kinkead, American businessman and politician, 1st Governor of Alaska and 3rd Governor of Nevada (b. 1826)
  August 16
  Joachim Grassi, Italian architect (b. 1837)
  Prentiss Ingraham, American author of dime fiction (b. 1843)
  August 22
  Gaudensi Allar, French architect (b. 1841)
  Kate Chopin, American author (b. 1850)
  August 25 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836)
  August 29 – Ottoman Sultan Murad V (b. 1840)
caption: Sultan Murad V
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