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This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The year 1905 in Archaeology involved some significant events The year 1905 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Events The Art Deco movement begins in France. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1905: Events In Santa Clara California Daniel Maloney flies for 20 minutes The year 1905 in film involved some significant events Events Pathé Frères colors black-and-white films by machine The year 1905 in literature involved some significant new books Events Ezra Pound presents Hilda Doolittle (the poet "HD" with a sheaf of love poems with the collective title Hilda's Book Events January 26 - Arnold Schoenberg 's symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande is premiered in Vienna. Events January events January 30 - The Halifax and South Western Railway opens connecting Halifax to Yarmouth Nova The year 1905 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below Baseball World Series - New York Giants (NL defeat Philadelphia Athletics (AL 4 games to 1 in the last "first" This is a list of Television -related events that occurred before 1925 See also 1904 in Australia, other events of 1905, 1906 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1904 in Canada, other events of 1905, 1906 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. See also 1904 in India, other events of 1905, 1906 in India and the Timeline of Indian history. Events 9 January - The Lillebonne the largest vessel ever constructed in Dublin, is successfully launched in the North Wall Yard Incumbents Regal and Vice Regal Head of State - Edward VII Governor - The Lord Plunket 1905 is the year when Norway becomes a sovereign nation for the first time since 1536 having first been ruled from Denmark, and then with a little more See also 1904 in South Africa, other events of 1905, 1906 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. 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Overview

As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to a revolution against the Tsar. The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September See also Russian Revolution (1917 The 1905 Russian Revolution also known as the Failed Russian Revolution of 1905 was an empire-wide struggle of Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. Canada and the U.S. expand west, with the Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces and the founding of Las Vegas. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally The April earthquake in India, killing 20,000, foreshadows the 1906 earthquakes. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

Year 1905 is also the annus mirabilis of Albert Einstein, publishing papers that laid the foundations of quantum physics, introduces the special theory of relativity, explains Brownian motion and proves the existence of atoms. See also Russian Revolution (1917 The 1905 Russian Revolution also known as the Failed Russian Revolution of 1905 was an empire-wide struggle of Annus mirabilis is a Latin phrase meaning "wonderful year" or "year of wonders" (or "year of miracles" Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Quantum mechanics is the study of mechanical systems whose dimensions are close to the Atomic scale such as Molecules Atoms Electrons Special relativity (SR (also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the Physical theory of Measurement in Inertial This article is about the physical phenomenon for the stochastic process see Wiener process. In Natural philosophy, atomism is the theory that all the objects in the universe are composed of very small indestructible building blocks - Atoms Or stated in

Events of 1905

January

• January 1 - The Trans-Siberian Railway officially opens after its completion on July 21, 1904. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC The Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad (Транссибирская магистраль Транссиб in Russian, or Transsibirskaya magistral' Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on
• January 2 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Lüshun city or Lüshunkou or (literally Lüshun Port ( formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun, is a town located at the extreme southern China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• 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. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and Adventure novel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. 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. For other incidents referred to by this name see Bloody Sunday. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River See also Russian Revolution (1917 The 1905 Russian Revolution also known as the Failed Russian Revolution of 1905 was an empire-wide struggle of
• January 26 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. The Cullinan diamond is the largest rough gem-quality Diamond ever found at 3106 Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Premier Mine is an underground Diamond mine owned by Petra Diamonds.

February

• February 12 - In Christchurch, New Zealand, the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is opened. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand Francis (Frank William Petre (27 August 1847 &ndash 10 December 1918 was a prominent New Zealand -born Architect based in Dunedin.
• 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. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Haulbowline (Inis Sionnach is the name of an island in Cork Harbour off the coast of Ireland. Etymology The word bases is first recorded in English language from c Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world
• February 17 - At Fremantle, Western Australia, the R.M.S. Orizaba wrecks, but all 160 passengers and the mail are saved. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Fremantle (commonly known as Freo is a Port City in Western Australia, located southwest of Perth, the state capital at the mouth of Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship, Steamer) usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the Ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that
• February 19 - Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Mukden begins in Manchuria. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September The Battle of Mukden (Japanese 奉天会戦 Hōten kaisen) the last major land Battle of the Russo-Japanese War, was fought from 20 February Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast
• February 23 - Rotary founded. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Rotary International is an organization of Service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world

March

• March 1 - Australian Conservative leader Richard Butler takes office as Premier of South Australia. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Sir Richard Butler ( 3 December 1850 – 28 April 1925) was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia. South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country
• March 3 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma). Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. A Duma (Ду́ма is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history
• March 4 - US. President Theodore Roosevelt begins full term. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T
• March 5 - Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden after losing 100,000 troops in three days. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Shenyang ( Ch: 沈阳 pinyin Shěnyáng, or Mukden ( in Manchu) is a Sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning
• March 10
  • Russo-Japanese War: Japanese capture of Mukden (now Shenyang) completes rout of Russian armies in Manchuria. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September Shenyang ( Ch: 沈阳 pinyin Shěnyáng, or Mukden ( in Manchu) is a Sub-provincial city and capital of Liaoning Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast
  • Cassie Chadwick sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland for fraud. Cassie L Chadwick ( October 10, 1857 - October 10, 1907) is the most famous name of a Canadian-born woman who defrauded Cleveland
• March 14 - Chelsea FC founded
• 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. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Introduction When a Metallic surface is exposed to Electromagnetic radiation above a certain threshold Frequency, the light is absorbed and Electrons In Physics, the photon is the Elementary particle responsible for electromagnetic phenomena
• March 31 - German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa The First Moroccan Crisis (also known as the Tangier Crisis) was the International crisis over the colonial status of Morocco between March 1905 and May

April

• April - Albert Einstein works on the special theory of relativity as well as the theory of Brownian motion. April holidays and events National Poetry Month - in United States National Sexual Assault Awareness Month - in United Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Special relativity (SR (also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the Physical theory of Measurement in Inertial This article is about the physical phenomenon for the stochastic process see Wiener process.
• April 2 - The Simplon Tunnel is officially opened through the Alps. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of The Simplon Tunnel is an Alpine Railway Tunnel that connects the Swiss Town of Brig with Domodossola in
• April 4 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra kills 20,000. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer
• April 7 - The Supreme Court of the United States invalidates New York's eight-hour-day law in Lochner v. New York. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. Lochner v New York, 198 US 45 (1905 was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that held the " Right to free contract " was

May

• May 11 - Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation "On the Motion of Small Particles. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical . . ", in which he explains Brownian motion. This article is about the physical phenomenon for the stochastic process see Wiener process. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes four papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. Special relativity (SR (also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the Physical theory of Measurement in Inertial Introduction When a Metallic surface is exposed to Electromagnetic radiation above a certain threshold Frequency, the light is absorbed and Electrons Quantum mechanics is the study of mechanical systems whose dimensions are close to the Atomic scale such as Molecules Atoms Electrons 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year".
• May 13 - Mata Hari debuts in Paris. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Mata Hari was the Stage name of Margaretha Geertruida " Grietje " Zelle ( August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden
• May 15 - Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres (0. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally 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. Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September The Battle of Tsushima ( Japanese: 対馬海戦 tsushima-kaisen, Цусимское сражение Tsusimskoye srazheniye) commonly known as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Fleet Admiral Marquis (, OM, GCVO, ( 27 January 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Fleet Admiral in Zinovy Petrovich Rozhestvensky 1 (Зиновий Петрович Рожественский ( - January 14, 1909) was an Admiral

June

• June 7 - Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved and Norway achieves full independence. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional The Storting ( Stortinget, literally "the Great Thing /Assembly" is the Norwegian Parliament, and is located in the capital city "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• June 9 - Charlton Athletic F.C. is founded. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Charlton Athletic Football Club (also known as The Addicks) is a professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of
• June 15 - Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Princess Margaret of Connaught (Margaret Victoria Charlotte Augusta Norah later Crown Princess of Sweden; 15 January 1882 &ndash 1 May
• June 27 - (June 14 according to the Julian calendar): Mutiny breaks out on the Russian ironclad Potemkin. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita The Uprising Origins In 1905 The Central Committee of the Social Democratic Organization of the Black Sea Fleet started preparations for a simultaneous crew The Battleship Potemkin ( Броненосец «Потёмкин», ru '''''Bronyenosyets Potyomkin''''' sometimes rendered as The Battleship
• June 30 - Albert Einstein publishes the article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies" where he reveals his theory of special relativity. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Albert Einstein ( German: ˈalbɐt ˈaɪ̯nʃtaɪ̯n; English: ˈælbɝt ˈaɪnstaɪn (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955 was a German -born theoretical Special relativity (SR (also known as the special theory of relativity or STR) is the Physical theory of Measurement in Inertial

July

• July 6 - Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919 Australian politician was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General.
• July 29 - Taft-Katsura Agreement. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat The Taft-Katsura Agreement ( Japanese: 桂・タフト協定 Katsura-Tafuto Kyōtei, Korean: 태프트-카츠라 밀약 was a secret diplomatic memorandum

August

• August 13 - Norway holds referendum in favour of dissolving the union with Sweden. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional A referendum (plural referendums or referenda) ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
• August 15 - First All-Russian Congress of Muslims is held in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Nizhny Novgorod (Ни́жний Но́вгород Nižnij Novgorod) colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest city in Russia Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending

September

• September 1 - The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory
• September 5 - Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth is signed. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War. In New Hampshire, a treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt is signed by victor Japan and Russia. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. A Treaty is an agreement under International law entered into by actors in international law namely States and International organizations. Theodore Roosevelt (ˈroʊzəvɛlt October 27 1858 January 6 1919 also known as T For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan. Sakhalin (Сахали́н səxʌˈlʲin Japanese:nihongo|樺太|karafuto or; Chinese: 庫頁 Kùyè also Saghalien, is a large elongated Manchuria ( Romanized Manchu: Manju,, Маньчжурия Mongolian: Манж is a historical name given to a vast geographic region in northeast
• September 5 - First forward pass is thrown in professional American football. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with

October

• October 2 - HMS Dreadnought is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Genesis Battleships of the era typically carried four large guns mounted fore and aft in twin turrets with a number of smaller-calibre guns ranged along the sides of the
• October 5 - Wright Brothers third aeroplane, Wright Flyer III stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This is the first aeroplane flight lasting 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. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western See also Russian Revolution (1917 The 1905 Russian Revolution also known as the Failed Russian Revolution of 1905 was an empire-wide struggle of The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region
• October 20 - Galatasaray SK Turkish football club is founded. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony
• October 26 - Sweden agrees to the repeal of the union with Norway. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional
• October 30 - Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly (Duma) with limited powers. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A Duma (Ду́ма is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history

November

• November 9 - The Province of Alberta, Canada holds its first general election. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Alberta general election of 1905 was the first general election held in the Province of Alberta, Canada.
• November 18 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo)
• November 28 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin in Dublin as a political party whose goal is independence for all of Ireland. For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Arthur Griffith (Art Ó Gríobhtha 31 March 1872 &ndash 12 August 1922 was the founder and third leader of Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin () is a political party in Ireland. The current party led by Gerry Adams was formed following a split in January 1970 Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world

December

• December 30 - Bomb kills Frank Steunenberg, ex-governor of Idaho. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Frank Steunenberg ( August 8, 1861 December 30, 1905) was the fourth Governor of the State of Idaho, serving The State of Idaho ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America. Case leads to a trial against leaders of the Western Federation of Miners. The Western Federation of Miners ( WFM) was a radical labor union that gained a reputation for militancy in the mines of the western United States

Undated

• Women given vote and admitted to practice of law in Queensland. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent
• Workers Compensation introduced in Queensland.
• The title Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is officially recognized by King Edward VII. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom
• Pathé Frères colors black and white films by machine. This article deals with the Pathé movie company For their music business see Pathé Records.
• Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are banned from the Brooklyn Public Library for setting a "bad example. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often shortened to Huck Finn) is a novel written by American Humorist Mark Twain. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, is a popular 1876 Novel about a young boy growing up in the Antebellum South The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL is the Public library system of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. "
• Neo-Druidic rituals begin in Stonehenge. Neo-druidism or neo-druidry (referred to simply as Druidry by some adherents is a form of modern Spirituality or Religion that promotes Stonehenge is a Prehistoric Monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury
• Alfred Einhorn introduces novocaine. Alfred Einhorn (1856 &ndash 1917 was a German Chemist most notable for first synthesizing Procaine in 1905 which he patented under the name Novocain Procaine is a Local anesthetic drug of the Amino Ester group It is used primarily to reduce the pain of Intramuscular injection of
• The first U-boat is launched. U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers
• Wolves are extinct in Japan by this date. The grey wolf or gray wolf ( Canis lupus) also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is a Mammal of the order Carnivora For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• The Fauvism movement is founded, led by Henri Matisse and André Derain. Les Fauves ( French for The Wild Beasts) were a short-lived and loose grouping of early Henri Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954 was a French Artist, known for his use of Colour and his fluid brilliant and original draughtsmanship André Derain ( June 10, 1880 – September 8, 1954) was a French painter and co-founder of Fauvism with Henri Matisse
• The word "lime" is first used to describe a color.
• Civil service examinations are abolished in China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National

Ongoing

• Russo-Japanese War
• 1904-1905 Welsh Revival

Births

1905 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1905 MCMV
Ab urbe condita	2658
Armenian calendar	1354 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԴ
Bahá'í calendar	61 – 62
Berber calendar	2855
Buddhist calendar	2449
Burmese calendar	1267
Chinese calendar	4541/4601-11-26 (甲辰年十一月廿六日) — to — 4542/4602-12-6 (乙巳年十二月初六日)
Coptic calendar	1621 – 1622
Ethiopian calendar	1897 – 1898
Hebrew calendar	5665 – 5666
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1960 – 1961
- Shaka Samvat	1827 – 1828
- Kali Yuga	5006 – 5007
Holocene calendar	11905
Iranian calendar	1283 – 1284
Islamic calendar	1322 – 1323
Japanese calendar	Meiji 38 (明治38年)
Korean calendar	4238
Thai solar calendar	2448
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January-February

• January 2 - Michael Tippett, English composer (d. The Russo-Japanese War (日露戦争 Romaji: Nichi-Ro Sensō Русско-японская война Russko-Yaponskaya Voyna;, 10 February 1904 – 5 September The Welsh Revival (1904–1905 was the largest full scale Christian Revival of Wales of the 20th century. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM (2 January 1905 &ndash 8 January 1998 was one of the foremost English Composers of the 20th century 1998)
• January 3
  • Anna May Wong, American actress (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Anna May Wong (or Wong Liu Tsong,, January 3 1905 – February 2 1961 was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star and the first 1961)
  • Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ray Milland ( January 3, 1907 - March 10, 1986) was a Welsh Actor and director who worked primarily in the 1986)
• January 4 - Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Sterling Price Holloway Jr (January 4 1905 – November 22 1992 was largely a character actor appearing in 150 films and television shows and a long-standing voice actor for the 1992)
• January 8 - Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Giacinto Scelsi (ʤaˈʧinto ˈʃelsi Count of Ayala Valva ( La Spezia, January 8, 1905 – Rome, August 9, 1988)
• January 12
  • James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople James Bennett Griffin (also known as Jimmy Griffin is an American archaeologist who was born in Atchinson Kansas on January 12 1905 1997)
  • Tex Ritter, American actor and singer (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Tex Ritter (January 12 1905 &ndash January 2 1974 was an American country Singer and Actor and the father of actor John Ritter 1974)
• January 18 - Joseph Bonanno, American gangster (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Giuseppe "Joe Bananas" Bonanno ( January 18, 1905 &ndash May 12, 2002) was a Sicilian-born American Mafioso who became 2002)
• January 19 - Stanley Hawes, British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Stanley Gilbert Hawes ( 19 January[[ 905]] - 19 April[[ 991]] was a British-born Documentary film producer and director who spent most of his career in Australia 1991)
• January 21 - Christian Dior, French couturier (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Christian Dior ( January 21, 1905 &ndash October 23, 1957) was an influential French Fashion designer, best known as the 1957)
• January 26
  • Charles Lane, American actor (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Charles Gerstle Levison, better known as Charles Lane ( January 26, 1905 &ndash July 9, 2007) was an American Character 2007)
  • Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Maria Augusta von Trapp ( née Kutschera; January 26 1905 &ndash March 28 1987) was the stepmother and Matriarch of 1987)
• January 29 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Barnett Newman ( January 29, 1905 &ndash July 4, 1970) was an American Artist. 1970)
• January 31 - John O'Hara, American writer (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes John Henry O'Hara ( January 31, 1905 &ndash April 11, 1970) was an American Writer. 1970)
• February 1 - Emilio G. Segrè, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Emilio Gino Segrè ( February 1, 1905 – April 22, 1989) was an Italian Physicist and Nobel laureate in The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1989)
• February 2 - Ayn Rand, American author (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Ayn Rand (ˈaɪn ˈrænd &ndash March 6 1982 born Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum (Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум was a Russian born American 1982)
• February 4 - Hylda Baker, English actress (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Hylda Baker (born February 4, 1905 in Farnworth near Bolton Lancashire - died May 1, 1986 in Epsom, Surrey 1986)
• February 7 - Paul Nizan, French author (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Paul Nizan ( February 7, 1905 &ndash May 23, 1940) was a French philosopher and writer 1940)
• February 10 - Walter A. Brown, American basketball and ice hockey pioneer (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Walter A Brown ( February 10, 1905 – September 7, 1964) was the original owner of the Boston Celtics 1964)
• February 14 - Thelma Ritter, American actress (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Thelma Ritter ( February 14 1902 – February 5 1969) was an American Tony Award -winning character actress 1969)
• February 15 - Harold Arlen, American composer of popular music (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Harold Arlen ( February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American Composer of popular music 1986)
• February 23 - Derrick Henry Lehmer, American mathematician (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Derrick Henry "Dick" Lehmer ( February 23 1905 &ndash May 22 1991) was an American mathematician who refined Edouard Lucas 1991)
• February 27 - Franchot Tone, American actor (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Franchot Tone ( February 27, 1905 &ndash September 18, 1968) was an American Actor. 1968)

March-April

• March 3 - Marie Glory, French silent screen actress
• March 6 - Bob Wills, American singer (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Marie Glory (born March 3, 1905) born as Raymonde Louise Marcelle Toully, is a French actress Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of James Robert (Bob Wills ( March 6, 1905 &ndash May 13, 1975) was an American Western swing musician Songwriter 1975)
• March 15
  • Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German lawyer and Nazi opponent (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, see Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (born 1934 for Claus's son and Berthold's nephew Berthold Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg 1944)
  • Taj Salmonski, Polish racing driver
• March 16 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt, German actress (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Poland's sports include amost all sports in particular Track & field, Basketball, Boxing, Fencing, football (soccer American Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Elisabeth Ida Marie Flickenschildt, born 16 March 1905, Blankenese, Hamburg, died 26 October 1977 Stade, was 1977)
• March 18
  • Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Thomas Townsend Brown ( March 18, 1905 &ndash October 22, 1985) was an American Physicist. 1985)
  • Robert Donat, English actor (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Friedrich Robert Donat ( March 18, 1905 &ndash June 9, 1958) was an English Academy Award -winning Film and 1958)
  • Benny Friedman, American football player (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin "Benny" Friedman ( March 18, 1905 &ndash November 24, 1982) was an American football Quarterback 1982)
• March 19 - Albert Speer, Nazi official (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer, commonly known as Albert Speer ( 19 March 1905 - 1 September 1981 was an Architect, author and for part of World 1981)
• March 20 - Vera Panova, Soviet-Russian writer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Vera Fyodorovna Panova (Вера Фёдоровна Панова - March 3 1973) was a Soviet Russian writer 1973)
• March 23
  • Lale Andersen, German singer (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Lale Andersen ( March 23, 1905 &ndash August 29, 1972) was a German Chanson 1972)
  • Joan Crawford, American actress (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture 1977)
• March 25 - Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Pura Santillan-Castrence ( March 24, 1905 — January 15, 2007) was a Filipino Writer and Diplomat. 2007)
• March 27 - Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill ( 27 March 1905 &ndash 4 November 1980) known as the Queen of the Hurricanes, 1980)
• April 7 - Queenie Leonard, American actress (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Queenie Leonard (born Pearl Walker ( April 7, 1905 - January 17, 2002) was a British Character actress and Singer 2002)
• April 21 - Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Edmund Gerald "Pat" Brown Sr ( April 21, 1905 February 16, 1996) was the 32nd Governor of California, serving 1996)

May-June

• May 3 - Werner Fenchel, German mathematician (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Moritz Werner Fenchel ( May 3, 1905 – January 24, 1988) was a German Mathematician. 1988)
• May 8 - Red Nichols, American jazz musician (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols ( May 8, 1905 &ndash June 28, 1965) was an American Jazz Cornettist 1965)
• May 14 - Herbert Morrison, American radio reporter (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Herbert Morrison ( May 14, 1905 &ndash January 10, 1989) was an American Radio Reporter best known for his vivid 1989)
• May 15 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Joseph Cheshire Cotten ( May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American Actor of stage and Film 1994)
• May 16 - Henry Fonda, American actor (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and 1982)
• May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Gerrit Achterberg (May 20 1905 in Langbroek - January 17 1962 in Leusden) was a Dutch Poet. 1962)
• May 29 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sebastian Shaw (29 May 1905 – 23 December 1994 was an English stage, Film, Television and Radio Actor, as well as a director 1994)
• June 12 - Ray Barbuti, American athlete (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Raymond ("Ray" James Barbuti ( June 12 1905 &ndash July 8 1988) was an American athlete and American 1975)
• June 23 - Mary Livingstone, American radio comedian (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Mary is also the name of David Livingstone 's wife Mary Livingstone (born Sadye Marks, June 23, 1906, Seattle 1983)

July-August

• July 4 - Irving Johnson, American sail training pioneer (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples The Tall ships Irving and Exy Johnson can be found at Irving Johnson (Tall ship Irving McClure Johnson 1991)
• July 5 - Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Jock Cameron (born Horace Brakenridge Cameron and often known as "Herbie" Cameron) was a South African Cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s 1935)
• July 8 - Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Leonid Alekseyevich Amalrik (Russian Леонид Алексеевич Амальри́к) ( 8 July 1905, Moscow - 22 October 1997 1997)
• July 12
  • Edward Bernds, American director (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Edward Bernds ( July 12, 1905 - May 20, 2000) was an American screenwriter and director born in Chicago Illinois. 2000)
  • Prince John of the United Kingdom (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The Prince John (John Charles Francis 12 July 1905 &ndash 18 January 1919 was a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest son of King George V and Queen 1919)
• July 13 - Alfredo M. Santos, Philippino general (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to General Alfredo M Santos was born on July 13 1905 and was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1962 to 1965 making him the first four-star general 1990)
• July 15 - Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Dorothy Fields ( July 15, 1905 &ndash March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. 1988)
• July 22 - Doc Cramer, American baseball player (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Roger Maxwell "Doc" Cramer ( July 22 1905 – September 9 1990) was an American Center fielder and left-handed 1990)
• July 23 - Leopold Engleitner, Austrian Holocaust survivor
• July 25 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-born British writer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Leopold Engleitner (born July 23, 1905) is a Holocaust survivor and Conscientious objector, the subject of the documentary Unbroken Will Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Elias Canetti ( 25 July 1905, Rousse, Bulgaria – 14 August 1994, Zurich, Switzerland) was a 1994)
• July 29 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish United Nations Secretary-General (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( (29 July 1905 &ndash 18 September 1961 was a Swedish Diplomat, Christian mystic, and the second Secretary-General 1961)
• August 2 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Karl Amadeus Hartmann ( August 2, 1905 Munich &ndash December 5, 1963 Munich was a German Composer 1963)
• August 3 - Franz König, Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Franz Cardinal König ( August 3, 1905 &mdash March 13, 2004) was an Austrian Prelate of the Roman 2004)
• August 5 - Wassily Leontief, Russian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Wassily Wassilyovitch Leontief (Василий Васильевич Леонтьев August 5, 1905, Munich, Germany February 5 The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk 1999)
• August 8 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. André Jolivet (8 August 1905 &ndash 20 December 1974 was a French composer 1974)
• August 11 - Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Erwin Chargaff ( Czernowitz, August 11, 1905 &ndash New York City, USA, June 20, 2002) was an Austrian 2002)
• August 16 - Marian Rejewski, Polish mathematician and cryptologist (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Marian Adam Rejewski ( 16 August 1905 &ndash 13 February 1980 was a Polish Mathematician and cryptologist who in 1932 solved the Enigma machine 1980)
• August 20 - Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist and poet (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Jean Gebser ( August 20, 1905 &ndash May 14, 1973) was a prodigy, a student 1973)
• August 21 - Friz Freleng, American animator (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Isadore "Friz" Freleng ( August 21, 1906  &ndash May 26, 1995) was an Animator, Cartoonist, director 1995)
• August 23 - Constant Lambert, British composer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Leonard Constant Lambert ( August 23, 1905 &ndash August 21, 1951) was a British composer and conductor. 1951)
• August 29 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Major Dhyan Chand Singh ( August 29, 1905 &ndash December 3, 1979) was a former Indian hockey player 1979)
• August 31 - Dore Schary, American film writer, director, and producer (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Isidore 'Dore' Schary ( August 31, 1905, Newark New Jersey - July 7, 1980, New York City) was an American motion picture 1980)

September-October

• September 1 - Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Elvera Sanchez Davis ( New York City, September 1, 1905 &ndash New York City, September 2, 2000) was an American 2000)
• September 3 - Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Carl David Anderson ( 3 September 1905 &ndash 11 January 1991) was an American Physicist. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1991)
• September 5 - Justiniano Montano, Filipino politician (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Justiniano S Montano Sr ( September 5, 1905 - March 31, 2005) was a Filipino politician who was elected for one term to the 2005)
• September 18
  • Eddie Anderson, American actor (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Edmund Lincoln Anderson ( September 18, 1905 &ndash February 28, 1977) often known as Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 1977)
  • Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's 1990)
• September 22
  • Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Eugen Sänger ( September 22, 1905 - February 10, 1964) was an Austrian German Aerospace engineer best known for 1964)
  • Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician
• September 24 - Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Haakon Lie (born 22 September 1905 is a Norwegian politician who served as Party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969 Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Severo Ochoa de Albornoz ( September 24, 1905 &ndash November 1, 1993) was a Spanish - American biochemist The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1993)
• September 26 - Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
• September 28 - Max Schmeling, German boxer (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Emilio "Millito" Navarro (born September 26, 1905) was the first Puerto Rican to play baseball in the Negro Leagues. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Maximillian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling ( September 28, 1905 – February 2, 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight 2005)
• September 30
  • Savitri Devi, Greek writer and National Socialist philosopher (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Savitri Devi ( September 30, 1905, Lyon, France — October 22, 1982, Essex, England) was the 1982)
  • Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Sir Nevill Francis Mott ( 30 September, 1905 &ndash 8 August, 1996) FRS, CH, was a British physicist The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1996)
  • Michael Powell, British director (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Michael Latham Powell ( 30 September 1905 &ndash 19 February 1990) was a British Film director, renowned for his partnership 1990)
• October 5 - Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Helen Newington Wills Roark ( October 6, 1905 – January 1, 1998) also known as Helen Wills Moody, was an American Tennis 1998)
• October 23 - Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - This page addresses only the Swiss physicist for the man accused of espionage see Felix Bloch (diplomatic officer Felix Bloch ( October 23 The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature 1983)

November-December

• November 4 - Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Dragutin Tadijanović ( November 4, 1905 &ndash June 27, 2007) was a renowned Croatian poet and erudite cordially referred to 2007)
• November 7 - William Alwyn, English composer (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat William Alwyn, CBE, born William Alwyn Smith ( November 7, 1905 &ndash September 11, 1985) was an English Composer, 1985)
• November 9 - Erika Mann, German author and war correspondent (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Erika Julia Hedwig Mann ( November 9, 1905 &ndash August 27, 1969) was the eldest daughter of novelist Thomas Mann and Katia 1969)
• November 15 - Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Annunzio Paolo Mantovani ( November 15, 1905 &ndash March 29, 1980) known by the Mononym Mantovani was a popular conductor 1980)
• November 17 - Queen Astrid of Belgium (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Early life Princess Astrid of Sweden was born in Stockholm on November 17 1905 1935)
• November 26 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Robert Lee Johnson ( November 26 1905 - July 6 1982) nicknamed "Indian Bob" was an American Left fielder in 1982)
• December 11 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican-born American actor (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Gilbert Roland ( December 11, 1905 &ndash May 15, 1994) was a Mexican -born actor in American films 1994)
• December 17 - Simo Häyhä, Finnish sniper (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Simo Häyhä (December 17 1905 &ndash April 1 2002 nicknamed "White Death"(Белая Смерть; Valkoinen kuolema or "Teaser" by the Soviet army was 2002)
• December 21 - Anthony Powell, British author (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Anthony Dymoke Powell, CH, CBE (December 21 1905&ndashMarch 28 2000 was an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music 2000)
• December 22 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Kenneth Rexroth ( December 22[[ 905]] &ndash June 6[[ 982]] was an American Poet, Translator and critical Essayist He was among the 1982)
• December 24 - Howard Hughes, American film maker, industrialist, aircraft designer, and airline founder (d. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist 1976)
• December 27 - Leonard Goldenson, American television executive (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Leonard H Goldenson ( December 7 1905 &ndash December 27 1999) was President of ABC. 1999)
• December 30 - Jule Styne, English-born composer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Jule Styne ( December 31, 1905 &ndash September 20, 1994) was a British -born American Songwriter especially 1994)
• date unknown - Sada Abe, Japanese actress (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) is infamous in Japan for erotically asphyxiating her lover, on May 18, 1936, and then cutting off his Penis and Testicles 1970)

Contents 1 Overview 2 Events of 1905 2.1 January 2.2 February 2.3 March 2.4 April 2.5 May 2.6 June 2.7 July 2.8 August 2.9 September 2.10 October 2.11 November 2.12 December 2.13 Undated 2.14 Ongoing 3 Births 3.1 January-February 3.2 March-April 3.3 May-June 3.4 July-August 3.5 September-October 3.6 November-December 4 Deaths 4.1 January - June 4.2 July - December 5 Nobel Prizes 6 See also 7 Notes 8 External links

Deaths

January - June

• January 14 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Ernst Karl Abbe ( January 23, 1840 &ndash January 14, 1905) was a German Physicist and professor at the University 1840)
• January 19 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Debendranath Tagore (''Debendronath Ţhakur'') (দেবেন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর ( May 15, 1817 1817)
• February 4 - Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Louis-Ernest Barrias ( April 13, 1841 - February 4, 1905) was a French sculptor of the Beaux-Arts 1841)
• February 20 - Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain (b. For the game see 1841 (board game. Year 1841 ( MDCCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Jeremiah W Farnham (born in Camden Maine; died February 20, 1905, Seattle Washington) was an American merchant c. 1828)
• March 6 - John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of John Henninger Reagan ( October 8, 1818 &ndash March 6, 1905) was a leading 19th century American politician from 1818)
• March 24 - Jules Verne, French author (b. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction 1828)
• March 26 - Maurice Barrymore, British actor (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Herbert Arthur Chamberlayne Blythe ( September 21, 1849 – March 26, 1905) is the Patriarch of the Barrymore acting family 1849)
• March 28 - Huang Zunxian, Chinese poet and writer (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Huang Zunxian ( 1848— 28 March 1905) Courtesy name Gongdu (公度 was a Chinese writer and Poet of the late Qing 1848)
• April 24 - Touch the Clouds, Miniconjou Teton Sioux chief, (b. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Touch the Clouds ( Lakota: Mahpia Icahtagya) was a chief of the Minneconjou Teton Lakota. 1836)
• May 9 - Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day in the USA (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Anna Marie Jarvis ( May 1, 1864, Webster West Virginia — November 24, 1948, West Chester Pennsylvania) is recognized 1864)
• June 1 - Émile Delahaye, French automotive pioneer (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Emile Delahaye ( October 16, 1843 - June 1, 1905) was a French automotive pioneer who founded Delahaye Automobiles. 1843)
• June 3 - James Hudson Taylor, British missionary (b. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Youth and early work Taylor was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, the son of a chemist ( Pharmacist) and Methodist 1832)
• June 22 - Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Francis Richard Lubbock ( October 16, 1815 June 22, 1905) was the 9th Governor of Texas and was in office during the 1815)

July - December

• July 8 - Walter Kittredge, American musician and composer (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Walter Kittredge ( October 8, 1834 &ndash July 8, 1905) was a famous musician during the American Civil War. 1834)
• July 11 - Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian philosopher and jurist (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Muhammad Abduh (or Muhammad 'Abduh) (محمد عبده ( Nile Delta, 1849 - Alexandria, July 11 1905,) was an Egyptian 1849)
• August 14 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (b. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Simeon Solomon (b October 9, 1840 in London, England &ndash d 1840)
• September 13 - René Goblet, French politician (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September René Goblet (26 November 1828 - 13 September 1905 was a French Politician, Prime Minister of France for a period in 1886-1887 1828)
• September 14 - Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Franco-Italian explorer (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazzà, best known as Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza ( January 26, 1852 - September 14, 1852)
• September 18 - George MacDonald, Scottish author, poet and Christian minister (b. Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated George MacDonald ( 10 December 1824 &mdash 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author poet and Christian minister 1824)
• September 19 - Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Thomas John Barnardo ( 4 July 1845 — 19 September 1905) Irish Philanthropist, and founder and director of homes for destitute 1845)
• October 3 - José María de Heredia, French poet (b. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's José-Maria de Heredia (in Spanish: José María de Heredia, November 22, 1842 - October 3, 1905) Cuban born 1842)
• October 13 - Sir Henry Irving, English actor (b. Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Sir Henry Irving ( February 6 1838 &ndash October 13 1905) born John Henry Brodribb was an English stage actor in the Victorian era 1838)
• October 15 - Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov, Russian general (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Mikhail Ivanovich Dragomirov ( Михаил Иванович Драгомиров in Russian) ( November 8 (NS 20 1830 - October 15 1830)
• October 29 - Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Étienne Desmarteau ( 4 February 1873 - 29 October 1905 in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian 1873)
• November 2 - Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Rudolph Albert von Kölliker ( July 6, 1817 &ndash November 2, 1905) was a Swiss Anatomist and Physiologist 1817)
• December 12 - Reimond Stijns, Belgian writer (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Reimond Stijns ( Mullem, 10 May, 1850 - Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, 12 December, 1905) was a Belgian writer 1850)

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

See also

Notes

External links

For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd ( June 7, 1862 &ndash May 20, 1947) was a German physicist and the winner of the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer (ˈbaɪɐ October 31, 1835 - August 20, 1917) was a German chemist who The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( December 11 1843 – May 27 1910) was a German Physician. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner) born 9 June 1843 in Prague (now Czech Republic) as Gräfin

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