Henri Cornet

Henri Cornet, French cyclist (died 1941)

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Born: August 4, 1884
Died: March 18, 1941
Zodiac sign: Leo
Birth year: 1884

About Henri Cornet

Henri Cornet was a French cyclist who won the 1904 Tour de France. He is its youngest winner, just short of his 20th birthday. Cornet is the Tour's youngest winner at 19 years, 355 days. He was a talented amateur—he won Paris-Honfleur in 1903—but little known beyond northern France and in Belgium when he entered the second Tour de France in 1904.

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The world when Henri Cornet was born

Henri Cornet was born in 1884. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineGrover Cleveland elected president
Technology milestoneFirst roller coaster opens at Coney Island
Notable inventionRoller coaster
World population~1.44B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
U.S. population53.7M

1884 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Henri Cornet's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1884	2026
Population	53.7M	341 million

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