1905

Year 1905 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the  (or a of the 13-day-slower ).

January

 * - : The n Army surrenders at, , an event that shocks the world.
 * - The play  opens at the New Theatre in London and begins a run of 122 performances and numerous revivals
 * ( O.S.) - massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in, one of the triggers of the abortive.
 * - The is found near,  at the.

February

 * February - In and, it is the coldest February on record, with average monthly temperature of 42.3F and 43.9F degrees (the previous record was -1F and 4F on , ).
 * - In, the is opened.
 * - At  in, two explosions onboard the HM Submarine A5, due to petrol fumes after refueling, kill 6 of 11 crew.
 * - At, the Orizaba wrecks, but all 160 passengers and the mail are saved.
 * - In, the begins, the largest world battle of that era.
 * - is founded.

March

 * - Australian Conservative leader takes office as Premier of.
 * -  agrees to create an elected assembly (the ).
 * -  begins full term.
 * - n troops begin to retreat from, after losing  troops in three days.
 * Japanese capture of Mukden (now ) completes rout of Russian armies in.
 * sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland for fraud.
 * - founded
 * - publishes his paper "On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light" in which he explains the  using the notion of.
 * - German emperor asserts German equality with France in, triggering the Tangier or.
 * - German emperor asserts German equality with France in, triggering the Tangier or.

April

 * - works on the  as well as the theory of.
 * - In, an near  kills 20,000.
 * - The invalidates New York's eight-hour-day law in .
 * - Death of the   warrior, at the age of 69.

May

 * - submits his doctoral dissertation "On the Motion of Small Particles...", in which he explains.
 * - debuts in Paris.
 * - is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
 * - - : - The ese fleet under Admiral  destroys the Russian fleet under Admiral  in a two-day battle.

June

 * -  declares the union with   and Norway achieves full independence.
 * - The is founded.
 * - marries.
 * - (June 14 according to the ): breaks out on the Russian ironclad .
 * - publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" where he reveals his theory of.

July - September

 * - becomes  for the second time.
 * - holds  in favour of dissolving the union with.
 * - the First All-Russian Congress of Muslims was held in.
 * - The provinces of  and  are established from the southwestern part of the.
 * - : is signed. In, a  mediated by US President  is signed by victor  and . Russia cedes the island of  and port and rail rights in  to Japan.
 * - : First Pro Football foward pass is thrown
 * - : First Pro Football foward pass is thrown

October - December

 * - is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
 * - third aeroplane,  stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This was the first aeroplane to fly successfully for over 1/2 an hour.
 * - : n army opens fire in a meeting on a street market in, killing 94 and injuring over 200.
 * - Biggest football club in Turkey, Galatasaray SK founded
 * - agrees to the repeal of the union with.
 * - Tsar is forced to grant 's first constitution, conceding a national assembly  with limited powers.
 * - The Province of, holds its.
 * - Prince Carl of becomes King.
 * - Irish nationalist founds  in  as a  whose goal is independence for all of.
 * - Bomb kills, ex-governor of . Case leads to a trial against leaders of the.

Undated

 * Women given vote and admitted to practice of law in.
 * Workers Compensation introduced in Queensland.
 * publishes four papers. In particular, he formulates the theory of and explains the  by . 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year".
 * The title is officially recognized by.
 * colors black and white films by machine.
 * ' and ' are banned from the for setting a "bad example."
 * ic rituals begin in.
 * introduces.
 * The first is launched.
 * The is formed.
 * are extinct in by this date.
 * The art form is formed with leaders such as  and others.

Overview


As the second year of the massive, more than 100,000 would die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos lead to a against the. and the expanded west, with the  and  provinces and the founding of. The April in, killing 20,000, foreshadowed the  earthquakes. Year 1905 was also the of, publishing papers that lay the foundations for , introduced the , explained  and proved the.

January-February

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 * -, Welsh Actor (d.)
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * , American archaeologist (d. )
 * , American actor and singer (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * -, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. )
 * -, French couturier (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , Austrian singer (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Italian physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, French author (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American composer of popular music (d. )
 * -, American mathematician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
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March-April

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 * -, German lawyer and Nazi opponent (d. )
 * -, German actress (d. )
 * , American scientist (d. )
 * , English actor (d. )
 * , American football player (d. )
 * -, Nazi official (d. )
 * -, Soviet-Russian writer (d. )
 * , German singer (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * -, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. )
 * -, Govenor of California (d. )
 * -, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. )
 * -, Govenor of California (d. )

May-June

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 * -, American jazz musician (d. )
 * -, American radio reporter (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
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 * -, Dutch poet (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, American athlete (d. )
 * -, American radio comedian & married to (d. )

July-August

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 * -, South African cricketer (d. )
 * , American director (d. )
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 * -, American songwriter (d. )
 * -, player (d. )
 * -, Holocaust survivor
 * -, Bulgarian-born British writer (d. )
 * -, Swedish (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (d. )
 * -, Russian economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * -, Austrian biochemist (d. )
 * -, Polish mathematician and cryptologist (d. )
 * -, author, linguist and poet (d. )
 * -, American animator (d. )
 * -, British composer (d. )
 * -, Indian hockey legend. (d. )
 * -, American film writer, director, and producer (d. )
 * -, American film writer, director, and producer (d. )

September-October

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 * -, American physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , Swedish actress (d. )
 * , Austrian aerospace engineer (d. )
 * , Norwegian politician
 * -, Spanish–American biochemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Puerto Rican baseball player
 * -, German boxer (d. )
 * , Greek writer and National Socialist philosopher (d. )
 * , English physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , British director (d. )
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, Swiss-born physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , British director (d. )
 * -, American tennis player (d. )
 * -, Swiss-born physicist, laureate (d. )

November-December

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 * -, Italian-born conductor and arranger (d. )
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 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Mexican-born American actor (d. )
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 * -, British author (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American film maker, industrialist, aircraft designer, and airline founder (d. )
 * -, American television executive (d. )
 * -, English-born composer (d. )
 * date unknown -, Japanese actress (d. )

January - June

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 * -, Indian philosopher (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )
 * -, American merchant captain
 * -, American Confederate politician (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, actor (b. )
 * -, Chinese poet and writer
 * -, model for Mother's Day
 * -, founder of the (b. )
 * -, Governor of Texas (b. )

July - December

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 * -, Egyptian philosopher and jurist (b. )
 * -, British artist (b. )
 * -, explorer (b. )
 * -, Scottish author and poet, Christian minister (b. )
 * -, Irish philanthropist (b. )
 * -, English actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian athlete (b. )