Editing 1904 (section)

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1904}}
* [[August 3]] – [[British expedition to Tibet]]: The [[British Empire|British]] expedition under Colonel [[Francis Younghusband]] takes [[Lhasa (prefecture-level city)|Lhasa]], [[Tibet]].<ref>{{cite news |title=BRITISH ARE IN LHASA.; Expedition Entered Sacred City Aug. 3 Without Further Fighting. |newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 August 1904 |at=Page 1, column 6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1904/08/07/archives/british-are-in-lhasa-expedition-entered-sacred-city-aug-3-without.html |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19040808.2.4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=DALAI LAMA FLEES FROM THE BRITISH Younghusband's Expedition Reaches Lassa. Invaders Pitch Camp Near the Sacred Mountain of Potala. Appearance of Tibetan Capital Agrees With Descriptions Given by Explorers. |volume=XCVI |issue=69 |date=8 August 1904 |at=Page 1, column 2 |newspaper=San Francisco Call |access-date=10 April 2024 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] – [[Battle of Waterberg]]: [[Lothar von Trotha]] defeats the [[Herero people]] in [[German South West Africa]], and drives them into the [[Omaheke]] desert, starting the [[Herero and Namaqua genocide]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SFC19040817.2.28&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |title=HEREROS MEET WITH DEFEAT German Troops Attack the Natives Near Hamakari and Blacks Lose Heavily FIGHT LASTS ALL DAY Five of Emperor William's Officers and Nineteen Men Meet Death in the Battle |volume=XCVI |issue=78 |date=17 August 1904 |at=Page 2, column 7 |newspaper=San Francisco Call |access-date=17 April 2024 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.namibia-1on1.com/battleofwaterberg.html |title=Battle of Waterberg - 11 August 1904 - Pt 1 |editor-last=Irwing |editor-first=Keith
|publisher=Namibia-1on1 |year=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016072254/http://www.namibia-1on1.com/battleofwaterberg.html |archive-date=16 October 2018 |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.namibia-1on1.com/a-northern/battle-of-waterberg-2.html |title=Battle of Waterberg Pt 2 - 12 August 1904 |editor-last=Irwing |editor-first=Keith |publisher=Namibia-1on1 |year=2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916214209/http://www.namibia-1on1.com/a-northern/battle-of-waterberg-2.html |archive-date=16 September 2018 |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – [[Ismael Montes]] becomes [[President of Bolivia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=1904 - ISMAEL MONTES GAMBOA |url=https://www.museovirtualbo.com/producto/1904-ismael-montes-gamboa/ |last1=Delgadillo Pacheco |first1=Miguel |last2=Delgadillo Cervantes |first2=Miguel |publisher=www.museovirtualbo.com |language=es |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] – [[Russo-Japanese War]]: A Japanese infantry charge fails to take [[Lüshunkou|Port Arthur]].
* [[August 18]] – [[Chris Watson]] resigns as the first Labor [[Prime Minister of Australia]] and is succeeded by [[George Reid]] ([[Free Trade Party]]).<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Bede |last=Nairn |title=Watson, John Christian (Chris) (1867–1941) |dictionary=[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]] |publisher=[[National Centre of Biography]], [[Australian National University]] |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/watson-john-christian-chris-9003/text15849 |year=1990 |access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/watson/in-office.aspx |title=In office - Chris Watson |archive-date=18 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160218184033/http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/watson/in-office.aspx#section1 |website=[[National Archives of Australia]] |department=Australia's Prime Ministers |access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] – Faroese Association football club [[Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag]] is established.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/ki-klaksvik/1/ |title=KÍ Klaksvík » Profile |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
* Summer – [[Henri Matisse]] paints ''[[Luxe, Calme et Volupté]]'' at [[Saint-Tropez]]; it will be considered the starting point of [[Fauvism]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Dempsey |first=Amy |author-link=Amy Dempsey |year=2002 |title=Styles, Schools and Movements: An Encyclopedic Guide to Modern Art |pages=66–69 |location=London |publisher=[[Thames & Hudson]]}}</ref>