1905

Years: 1902 1903 1904 - 1905 - 1906 1907 1908
Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century 1905 in art 1905 in aviation 1905 in film 1905 in literature 1905 in music 1905 in science 1905 in sports 1905 in Canada List of state leaders in 1905 List of religious leaders in 1905 List of international organization leaders in 1905

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Nobel Prizes

Events

January 22 - Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905.
January 26 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.
February 11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
March 3 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).
March 5 - Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in 3 days.
March 10 Japanese capture of Mukden (now Shenyang) completes rout of Russian armies in Manchuria.
March 10 ÃÂ Cassie Chadwick sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland for fraud
March 31 German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering Tangier (or First Morocco) Crisis.
April 4 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra, kills 20,000.
May 13 ÃÂ Mata Hari debuts in Paris
May 15 - Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
May 27-28 - Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima - The Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroys Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski in this two day battle
June 7 - Norway declares the union with Sweden dissolved.
June 15 - Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.
June 28 ÃÂ Mutiny in the Russian ironclad Potemkin
September 1 - The Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta are established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.
September 5 - Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth signed - In New Hampshire a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, is signed by victor Japan and defeated party Russia. In the agreement, Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan.
October 3 - HMS Dreadnought is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
October 26 - Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union with Norway.
October 30 - Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly (Duma) with limited powers.
November 18 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
November 28 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn FÃÂ©in in Dublin as a political party whose goal was the independence for all of Ireland.
December 30 - Bomb kills Frank Steunenberg, ex-governor of Idaho. Case leads to a trial against leaders of the Western Federation of Miners
Einstein publishes four papers. In particular, he formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization.
The Butcharts begin working on their Japanese Garden addition to their Butchart Gardens.
The title Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is officially recognized by King Edward VII.
PathÃÂ© FrÃÂ¨res colors black and white films by machine.
Cullinan Diamond found
Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer banned from Brooklyn Public Library for "bad example"
Druidic rituals begin in Stonehenge
Norway gains independence from Sweden
Albert Einhorn introduces novocaine
The first U-boat

Births

January 2 - Michael Tippett, composer
January 3 - Anna May Wong, actress (d. 1961)
January 12 - Tex Ritter, actor, singer (d. 1974)
January 18 - Joseph Bonanno, gangster (d. 2002)
January 21 - Christian Dior, couturier (d. 1957)
January 26 - Charles Lane, actor
January 26 - Bernhard Minetti, actor
January 26 - Maria von Trapp, singer (d. 1987)
January 29 - Barnett Newman, painter (d. 1970)
January 31 - John O'Hara, writer (d. 1970)
February 2 - Ayn Rand, Author
February 7 - Paul Nizan, author (d. 1940)
February 11 - Elizabeth Vuyk, Dutch/Indonesian writer.
February 14 - Thelma Ritter, actress (d. 1969)
February 23 - Derrick Henry Lehmer, mathematician (d. 1991)
February 27 - Franchot Tone, actor (d. 1968)
March 5 - GÃÂ¼nther LÃÂ¼ders, actor and film director (d. 1975)
March 6 - Bob Wills, country music singer (d. 1975)
March 15 - Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, jurist and Nazi opponent (d. 1944)
March 16 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, actress (d. 1977)
March 18 - Thomas Townsend Brown, scientist (d. 1985)
March 18 - Robert Donat, actor (d. 1958)
March 19 - Albert Speer, Nazi official (d. 1981)
March 23 - Lale Andersen, singer and cabaretist (d. 1972)
March 27 - Elsie MacGill, aeronautical engineer, "Queen of the Hurricanes" (d. 1980)
May 8 - Red Nichols, jazz musician (d. 1965)
May 15 - Joseph Cotten, actor
May 16 - Henry Fonda, actor (d. 1982)
May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet
June 12 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete
July 12 - Prince John of the United Kingdom.
August 2 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer (d. 1963)
August 11 - Erwin Chargaff, biochemist
August 16 - Marian Rejewski, mathematician, cryptologist (d. 1980)
August 23 - Constant Lambert, composer (d. 1951)
August 31 - Dore Schary, stage/motion picture personality (d. 1980)
September 18 - Greta Garbo, Swedish actress
September 22 - Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)
September 30 - Michael Powell, British director
November 17 - Queen Astrid of Belgium
December 30 - Jule Styne, composer
Sada Abe, Japanese prostitute and later actress.

Deaths

March 24 - Jules Verne, author
May 9 - Mrs. Jarvis - The model for Mother's Day
June 22 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
September 18 - George MacDonald

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard
Chemistry - Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer
Medicine - Robert Koch
Literature - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Peace - Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita Von Suttner