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1905 Historical Event(s)
February 4, 1905
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
April 4, 1905
– In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala
May 15, 1905
– Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acre, in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
June 15, 1905
– Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden.
June 30, 1905
– Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity.
September 5, 1905
– Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, USA, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war.
September 27, 1905
– The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein’s paper “Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the equation E=mc².
October 17, 1905
– The October Manifesto issued by Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
November 12, 1905
– Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
December 9, 1905
– In France, the law separating church and state is passed.
Who Were Born On 1905?
January 21, 1905
– Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
January 29, 1905
– Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
February 27, 1905
– Franchot Tone, American actor (d. 1968)
March 20, 1905
– Jean Galia, French rugby footballer (d. 1949)
March 24, 1905
– Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (d. 2007)
July 8, 1905
– Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. 1997)
August 3, 1905
– Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (d. 1983)
August 8, 1905
– André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)
September 22, 1905
– Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (d. 2009)
December 21, 1905
– Anthony Powell, British author (d. 2000)