1905

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Year 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 2 Births 2.1 January-February 2.2 March-April 2.3 May-June 2.4 July-August 2.5 September-October 2.6 November-December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• January 1 - The Trans-Siberian Railway officially opens after its completion on July 21, 1904.
• January 2 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China, an event that shocks the world.
• January 5 - The play The Scarlet Pimpernel opens at the New Theatre in London and begins a run of 122 performances and numerous revivals
• January 22 (January 9 O.S.) - Bloody Sunday 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.

[edit] February

• February 12 - In Austin, Texas and San Antonio, TX, it is the coldest February on record, with average monthly temperature of 42.3°F and 43.9°F degrees (the previous record was -1°F and 4°F on February 12, 1899).
• February 12 - In Christchurch, New Zealand, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is opened.
• February 16 - At Haulbowline Base in Ireland, two explosions onboard the HM Submarine A5, due to petrol fumes after refueling, kill 6 of 11 crew.
• February 17 - At Fremantle, Western Australia, the R.M.S. Orizaba wrecks, but all 160 passengers and the mail are saved.
• February 19 - In Manchuria, the Battle of Mukden begins, the largest world battle of that era.
• February 23 - Rotary founded.

[edit] March

• March 1 - Australian Conservative leader Richard Butler takes office as Premier of South Australia.
• March 3 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).
• March 4 - US. President Theodore Roosevelt begins full term.
• March 5 - Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in three days.
• March 10
  • Japanese capture of Mukden (now Shenyang) completes rout of Russian armies in Manchuria.
  • Cassie Chadwick sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland for fraud.
• March 14 - Chelsea FC founded
• March 15 - Taj Salmonski, rally racer and humanitarian Polish freedom fighter is born.
• March 17 - Albert Einstein publishes his paper "On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light" in which he explains the photoelectric effect using the notion of light quanta.
• March 31 - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis.

[edit] April

• April 2 - The Simplon Tunnel is officially opened through the Alps.
• April 4 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 20,000.
• April 7 - The Supreme Court of the United States invalidates New York's eight-hour-day law in Lochner v. New York.
• April 24 - Death of the Miniconjou Teton Sioux warrior Touch the Clouds, at the age of 69.

[edit] May

• May 13 - 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 the Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski in a two-day battle.

[edit] June

• June 7 - Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved and Norway achieves full independence.
• June 9 - The Charlton Athletic F.C. is founded.
• June 15 - Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.
• June 27 - (June 14 according to the Julian calendar): Mutiny breaks out on the Russian ironclad Potemkin.
• June 30 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" where he reveals his theory of special relativity.

[edit] July

• July 6 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
• July 29 - Taft-Katsura Agreement.

[edit] August

• August 13 - Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden.
• August 15 - the First All-Russian Congress of Muslims was held in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia).

[edit] September

• September 1 - The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.
• September 5 - Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth is signed. In New Hampshire, a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt is signed by victor Japan and Russia. Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan.
• September 5 - Pro Football: First Pro Football foward pass is thrown

[edit] October

• October 2 - HMS Dreadnought is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
• October 5 - Wright Brothers third aeroplane, Wright Flyer III stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This was the first aeroplane to fly successfully for over 1/2 an hour.
• October 16 - Russian Revolution of 1905: Russian army opens fire in a meeting on a street market in Estonia, killing 94 and injuring over 200.
• October 20 - Galatasaray SK The biggest football club in Turkey, which is the only turkish club to win the UEFA cup, Galatasaray SK founded by Ali Sami Yen
• October 26 - Sweden agrees 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.

[edit] November

• November 9 - The Province of Alberta, Canada holds its first general election.
• November 18 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
• November 28 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin in Dublin as a political party whose goal is independence for all of Ireland.

[edit] December

• December 30 - Bomb kills Frank Steunenberg, ex-governor of Idaho. Case leads to a trial against leaders of the Western Federation of Miners.

[edit] Births

[edit] January-February

• January 2 - Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
• January 3
  • Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
  • Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d.1986)
• January 8 - Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. 1988)
• January 12
  • James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
  • Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. 1974)
• January 18 - Joseph Bonanno, American gangster (d. 2002)
• January 19 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. 1991)
• January 21 - Christian Dior, French couturier (d. 1957)
• January 26
  • Charles Lane, American actor (d. 2007)
  • Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (d. 1987)
• January 29 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
• January 31 - John O'Hara, American writer (d. 1970)
• February 1 - Emilio G. Segrè, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
• February 2 - Ayn Rand, American author (d. 1982)
• February 4 - Hylda Baker, English comedy actress (d. 1986)
• February 7 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. 1940)
• February 14 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. 1969)
• February 15 - Harold Arlen, American composer of popular music (d. 1986)
• February 23 - Derrick Henry Lehmer, American mathematician (d. 1991)
• February 27 - Franchot Tone, American actor (d. 1968)

[edit] March-April

• March 3 - Marie Glory, French silent screen actress
• March 6 - Bob Wills, American singer (d. 1975)
• March 15 - Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer (d. 1944)
• March 16 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (d. 1977)
• March 18
  • Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. 1985)
  • Robert Donat, English actor (d. 1958)
  • Benny Friedman, American football player (d. 1982)
• March 19 - Albert Speer, NSDAP official (d. 1981)
• March 20 - Vera Panova, Soviet-Russian writer (d. 1973)
• March 23
  • Lale Andersen, German singer (d. 1972)
  • Joan Crawford, American actress (d. 1977)
• March 27 - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. 1980)
• April 21 - Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California (d. 1996)

[edit] May-June

• May 3 - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1988)
• May 8 - Red Nichols, American jazz musician (d. 1965)
• May 14 - Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (d. 1989)
• May 15 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
• May 16 - Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
• May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (d. 1962)
• May 29 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
• June 12 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. 1975)
• June 23 - Mary Livingstone, American radio comedian & married to Jack Benny (d. 1983)

[edit] July-August

• July 4 - Irving Johnson, American sail training pioneer (d. 1991)
• July 5 - Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (d. 1935)
• July 8 - Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
• July 12
  • Edward Bernds, American director (d. 2000)
  • Prince John of the United Kingdom (d. 1919)
• July 13 - Alfredo M. Santos, First Four-star General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (d. 1990)
• July 15 - Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. 1988)
• July 22 - Doc Cramer, Major League Baseball player (d. 1990)
• July 25 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born British writer (d. 1994)
• July 29 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1961)
• August 2 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. 1963)
• August 3 - Franz König, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vienna (d. 2004)
• August 5 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• August 8 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
• August 11 - Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. 2002)
• August 16 - Marian Rejewski, Polish mathematician and cryptologist (d. 1980)
• August 20 - Jean Gebser, author, linguist and poet (d. 1973)
• August 21 - Friz Freleng, American animator (d. 1995)
• August 23 - Constant Lambert, British composer (d. 1951)
• August 29 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey legend. (d. 1979)
• August 31 - Dore Schary, American film writer, director, and producer (d. 1980)

[edit] September-October

• September 1 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d.2000)
• September 3 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• September 18
  • Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
  • Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
• September 22
  • Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)
  • Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician
• September 24 - Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• September 26 - Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• September 28 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. 2005)
• September 30
  • Savitri Devi, Greek writer and National Socialist philosopher (d. 1982)
  • Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
  • Michael Powell, British director (d. 1990)
• October 5 - Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
• October 23 - Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)

[edit] November-December

• November 4 - Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (d. 2007)
• November 7 - William Alwyn, English composer (d. 1985)
• November 9 - Erika Mann, oldest daughter of Thomas Mann (d. 1969)
• November 15 - Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (d. 1980)
• November 17 - Queen Astrid of Belgium (d. 1935)
• November 26 - Bob Johnson, baseball player (d. 1982)
• December 11 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican-born American actor (d. 1994)
• December 17 - Simo Häyhä, sniper (d. 2002)
• December 21 - Anthony Powell, British author (d. 2000)
• December 22 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982)
• December 24 - Howard Hughes, American film maker, industrialist, aircraft designer, and airline founder (d. 1976)
• December 27 - Leonard Goldenson, American television executive (d. 1999)
• December 30 - Jule Styne, English-born composer (d. 1994)
• December 31 - Frank Marshall Davis, poet, journalist, communist and mentor to Barack Obama (d. 1987)

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January - June

• January 14 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
• January 19 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)
• February 4 - Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841)
• February 20 - Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
• March 6 - John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. 1818)
• March 24 - Jules Verne, French author (b. 1828)
• March 26 - Maurice Barrymore, actor (b. 1849)
• March 28 - Huang Zunxian, Chinese poet and writer
• May 9 - Anna Jarvis, founder of Mother's Day in the USA
• June 1 - Émile Delahaye, French automotive pioneer (b. 1843)
• June 3 - James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission (b. 1832)
• June 22 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)

[edit] July - December

• July 8 - Walter Kittredge, American musician and composer (b. 1834)
• July 11 - Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian philosopher and jurist (b. 1849)
• August 14 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (b. 1840)
• August 19 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter (b. 1825)
• September 13 - René Goblet, French politician (b. 1828)
• September 14 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, explorer (b. 1852)
• September 18 - George MacDonald, Scottish author and poet, Christian minister (b. 1824)
• September 19 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
• October 3 - José María de Heredia, French poet (b. 1842)
• October 13 - Sir Henry Irving, English actor (b. 1838)
• October 15 - Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov, Russian general (b. 1830)
• October 29 - Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)
• November 2 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)
• December 12 - Reimond Stijns, Belgian writer (b. 1850)