Notable Historical Events - 1905
1905 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
9 hour work day for diamond miners |
Jan 2 |
Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine in San Jose, California |
Jan 2 |
Japanese troops capture Port Arthur from Russia, a blow to national morale and causing further discontent within Russia |
Jan 2 |
The American anarcho-syndicalist union known as the Industrial Workers of the World forms. |
Jan 5 |
Charles Perrine announces discovery of Jupiter's 7th satellite, Elara |
Jan 5 |
National Association of Audubon Society, a non-profit, environmental organization dedicated to conservation, incorporates |
Jan 14 |
Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in NYC |
Jan 15 |
Coen de Koning becomes world champion all-round skater |
Jan 16 |
Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman completes eighth transaction in 8 months |
Jan 16 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals |
Jan 17 |
Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell, Chicago |
Jan 18 |
French government of Combes falls |
Jan 20 |
The US begins supervision of the Dominican Republic's national and international debts, testing Roosevelt's 'Corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine |
Jan 22 |
In St Petersburg, Russia, a large demonstration of workers led by Father Gapon, march to the Winter Palace with a petition to the Tsar; troops fire on protesters in what becomes known as 'Bloody Sunday' |
Jan 26 |
Arnold Schoenberg's "Pelleas und Melissande," premieres in Vienna |
Jan 26 |
Han Yong-woon [Bongwan, Manhae] (1879-1944) ordained a monk in Korea |
Jan 26 |
World's largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, is found in South Africa |
Jan 27 |
Maurice Rouvier forms government in France |
Jan 29 |
Tsar Nicolas II of Russia, unsettled by the rising violence and protest, enacts reforms to improve the conditions of workers; these changes will do little to stop disorder throughout Russia in ensuing months |
Jan 31 |
1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach |
Jan 31 |
Carroll Wright appointed 1st Commissioner of Labor, USA |
Feb 1 |
Hague soccer team ADO froms |
Feb 1 |
Hungarian premier Count István Tisza resigns |
Feb 7 |
Dominican Rep signs treaty turning over customs collection to US |
Feb 8 |
Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people |
Feb 11 |
James Blackstone, Seattle, bowls 299½-last pin breaks but stands |
Feb 11 |
Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Vehementer nos |
Feb 13 |
-29°F (-34°C) Pond, Arkansas (state record) |
Feb 13 |
-40°F (-40°C) Lebanon, Kansas (state record) |
Feb 13 |
-40°F (-40°C) Warsaw, Missouri (state record) |
Feb 15 |
1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) |
Feb 16 |
1st US Esperanto club organizes in Boston |
Feb 17 |
Frances Willard becomes 1st women honored in National Statuary Hall |
Feb 18 |
Frank Wedekind's "Hidada, oder Sein und Haben," premieres in Munich |
Feb 23 |
Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago |
Feb 24 |
Simplon tunnel in Switzerland completed |
Feb 25 |
The Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingenwas, a Dutch social-democratic trade union, forms |
Mar 3 |
US Forest Service forms |
Mar 3 |
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to summon a 'consultative assembly' and concedes other points including an edict of religious toleration, relief for Jews, and the cancellation of certain debts |
Mar 4 |
Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga" premieres in Berlin |
Mar 10 |
Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang) |
Mar 11 |
Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1 |
Mar 12 |
The continuing strikes and disorders that unsettle Italy force out Premier Giovanni Giolitti, though he will return in March, 1906 |
Mar 24 |
A group of Cretans dedicated to Crete's union with Greece led by Eleutherios Venizelos, meet at the village of Therisso and proclaim a union in defiance of the Great Powers |
Mar 25 |
Confederate battle flags captured during the American Civil War are returned to South |
Mar 28 |
Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used |
Mar 31 |
Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany visits Tangier, Morocco and proclaims Germany's support of Moroccan independence and equal opportunity for all powers to trade there |
Apr 1 |
British East African Protectorate becomes colony of Kenya |
Apr 1 |
SOS first adopted as a morse distress signal ( · · · — — — · · · ) by German government |
Apr 2 |
Cairo-Capetown railway opens |
Apr 4 |
Earthquake in Kangra India, kills 20,000 |
Apr 5 |
James Barrie's "Alice-sit-by-the-fire" premieres in London |
Apr 6 |
Germany receives invitation from Sultan of Morocco to an international conference to discuss matters relating to Morocco |
Apr 12 |
French Dufaux brothers test helicopter |
Apr 12 |
Hippodrome arena opens (NYC) |
Apr 17 |
US Supreme court judges maximum work day unconstitutional |
Apr 17 |
The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York which held that the "right to free contract" was implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. |
Apr 19 |
9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of NY in 2:38:25.4 |
Apr 21 |
The elective assembly of Crete proclaims union with Greece |
Apr 22 |
Operations begin uniting conservatory of Nature monument Amsterdam |
Apr 24 |
1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28) |
Apr 24 |
Senators execute a triple-play & beat Yankees 4-3 |
Apr 25 |
Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld) |
Apr 25 |
Whites win right to vote in South Africa |
Apr 26 |
Cubs Jack McCarthy becomes only major league player to throw out 3 runners at plate in 1 game, all were ends of a double play |
Apr 27 |
World Exposition opens in Luik |
Apr 29 |
2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX |
Apr 29 |
Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon |
Apr 30 |
1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4) |
May 2 |
French newspapers publish lists of Jules Vernes unpublished work |
May 5 |
Robert S Abbott published 1st issue of newspaper "Chicago Defender" |
May 8 |
In Russia, the Union of Unions organizes under the chairmanship of Paul Miliukov and joins liberal groups demanding parliamentary government and universal suffrage |
May 10 |
31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75 |
May 13 |
james j jeffries retires as boxing champion |
May 14 |
2nd official international soccer match, Netherlands beats Belgium 4-0 |
May 15 |
Las Vegas Nevada founded |
May 15 |
Pierre de Brazza reaches Leopoldville |
May 17 |
Waseda U of Tokyo defeats LA High School 5-3 in baseball |
May 19 |
Tom Jenkins beats Frank Gotcha for heavyweight wrestling champ |
May 22 |
Royal Academy in Delft Holland becomes Technical High School |
May 24 |
39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 |
May 26 |
A pogrom against Jews in Minsk Belorussia |
May 27 |
30th Preakness: W Davis aboard Cairngore wins in 1:45.8 |
May 27 |
Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima |
May 29 |
Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania |
May 31 |
Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger |
Jun 1 |
Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon |
Jun 6 |
French Foreign minister Delcasse resigns on German request |
Jun 7 |
Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814) |
Jun 8 |
US President Roosevelt sends identical notes to Japan and Russia urging them to negotiate an to to war and offering his personal services |
Jun 10 |
1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me |
Jun 11 |
Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs) |
Jun 13 |
NY Giant Christy Mathewson 2nd no-hitter, beats Chicago Cubs, 1-0 |
Jun 25 |
Warsaw & Lodz revolt against Russian occupation |
Jun 27 |
Russian sailors mutiny aboard battleship "Potemkin" and sail for Odessa |
Jun 30 |
The crew of the Russian battleship "Georgei Pobiedonosets" mutinies in support of the "Potemkin", which mutinied three days earlier |
Jun 30 |
In Russia, the "Potemkin" arrives at Odessa, where sailors take the bodies of dead crewman ashore; sailors join civilians in revolutionary actions of the '1905 Revolution' |
Jun 30 |
Conservative Australian Prime Minister George H. Reid is forced to resign and Alfred Deakin returns to power on July 5 |
Jul 1 |
Albert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity |
Jul 3 |
Kuyper government forms in Holland |
Jul 3 |
Marvin Hart KOs Jack Hart in 12 for heavyweight boxing title |
Jul 4 |
Phila A's beat Boston Red Sox 4-2 in 20 inning game |
Jul 6 |
Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time. |
Jul 7 |
127°F (53°C), Parker Ariz (state record) |
Jul 8 |
Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center |
Jul 8 |
22nd Wimbledon Women's Tennis: May Bundy beats D Chambers (6-3 6-4) |
Jul 8 |
29th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats N Brookes (8-6 6-2 6-4) |
Jul 8 |
The soldiers of the Russian ship "Potemkin" who mutinied, surrender to Rumanian authorities, who turn ship over to Russian authorities soon after |
Jul 10 |
Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens Technical Hague court |
Jul 11 |
Black intellectuals & activists lead by WEB Dubois organize the civil rights Niagara Movement |
Jul 12 |
The British and Japanese renew their alliance (of January 1902)for 10 years and agree to provide mutual support if attacked by other power |
Jul 22 |
Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0 |
Jul 24 |
Tsar Nicholas II (Russia) and Kaiser Wilhelm II (Germany) sign the Björkö Treaty, whereby each country agrees to come to the other's defense if attacked by European powers |
Jul 24 |
5th Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Wimbledon (5-0) |
Jul 29 |
US Secretary of State W.H Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura agreeing to let Japan have free rein in Korea in return for Japan's non-interference with the US in the Philippines |
Jul 30 |
Dutch Covenant of Worker's union, NVV, forms |
Jul 31 |
Matumbi rebellion at Samanga German East Africa |
Aug 5 |
First meeting of the Russian and Japanese peace commissioners takes place in US President Roosevelt's home at Oyster Bay, New York |
Aug 6 |
26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) |
Aug 9 |
Mistaking her husband for a burglar, Ty Cobb's mother kills him |
Aug 12 |
King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp |
Aug 14 |
Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa |
Aug 15 |
Phila A's Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings |
Aug 16 |
Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa |
Aug 17 |
Dutch government of De Master begins |
Aug 19 |
Russian Tsar installs "Imperial Duma", without legislative powers |
Aug 20 |
Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary, forms the first chapter of T'ung Meng Hui, a union of all secret societies determined to bringing down the Manchus |
Aug 24 |
Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings |
Aug 29 |
Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville |
Aug 30 |
Pogoro/Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa |
Aug 30 |
Tiger Ty Cobb makes his debut, doubling off Yank Jack Chesbro |
Aug 31 |
25th US Men's Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (6-2 6-1 11-9) |
Aug 31 |
Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa |
Sep 1 |
Alberta & Saskatchewan become 8th & 9th Canadian provinces |
Sep 1 |
Wilfrid Laurier oversees Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Confederation of Canada |
Sep 5 |
Lillian Mortimer's "No Mother to Guide" premieres in Detroit |
Sep 5 |
50 prominent men meet in Sydney's Australia Hotel to found the National Defense League fueled by fear of Japan after it's victory over Russia |
Sep 5 |
The Treaty of Portsmouth is signed concluding the Russo-Japanese War; US President Roosevelt will receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as mediator |
Sep 6 |
Atlanta Life Insurance Company forms |
Sep 6 |
Chicago White Sox Frank Smith no-hits Detroit Tigers, 15-0 |
Sep 6 |
General Trade journal publishes 1st Dutch photo (train accident) |
Sep 8 |
Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3 |
Sep 10 |
Japanese battleship Mikasa explodes |
Sep 14 |
Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated |
Sep 14 |
Dutch AR-politician AWF Idenburg named governor of Suriname |
Sep 14 |
RAC Tourist Trophy first run on Isle of Man |
Sep 18 |
Electric tramline opens in Rotterdam |
Sep 20 |
Cleveland makes AL record 7 errors in an inning |
Sep 21 |
Atlanta Life Insurance Co forms |
Sep 22 |
11th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club Mass |
Sep 22 |
Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed) |
Sep 23 |
Mbunga-siege of Fort Mahenge German East-Africa broken |
Sep 27 |
1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues |
Sep 27 |
Boston's Bill Dinneen no-hits Chicago White Sox, 2-0 |
Sep 27 |
The physics journal Annalen der Physik publishes Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc². |
Oct 1 |
František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905. |
Oct 5 |
Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3" |
Oct 9 |
Phila A's meet Giants in World Series, Giants win 3-0 |
Oct 14 |
NY Giants beats Phila A's, 4 games to 1 in 2nd World Series |
Oct 14 |
Giant's Christy Mathewson's 3rd straight World Series shutout |
Oct 15 |
Claude Debussy's "La Mer" premieres |
Oct 15 |
Union workers at NVV rejects safety demands |
Oct 16 |
The Partition of Bengal (India) occurred. |
Oct 20 |
Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days |
Oct 20 |
Russian Tsar allows Polish people to speak Polish |
Oct 21 |
England Pilgrim Association beats All NY 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds |
Oct 23 |
Edward Milton Royle's "Squaw Man" premieres in NYC |
Oct 26 |
First Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia |
Oct 26 |
Union of Sweden & Norway ends |
Oct 29 |
Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured |
Oct 30 |
"October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties and accepts the first Duma (Parliament) |
Oct 30 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession" premieres in NYC |
Oct 31 |
Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St Petersburg |
Nov 3 |
Csar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners. |
Nov 4 |
Dock strike against importing grain elevators in Rotterdam |
Nov 9 |
Swedish mine workers win 5 month strike for minimum wages |
Nov 10 |
Sailors revolt in Kronstadt, Russia |
Nov 11 |
High Commissioner Prince George declares amnesty for all leaders of the insurrection that has been disturbing Crete during the recent months - but which never gained mass supprt |
Nov 12 |
(November 12 & November 13) Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic. |
Nov 14 |
David Belasco's "Girl of Golden West" premieres in NYC |
Nov 16 |
Neth/Russ Count Witte becomes premier of Russia |
Nov 17 |
The Eulsa Treaty is signed between Japan and Korea. |
Nov 18 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara" premieres in London |
Nov 18 |
Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway |
Nov 21 |
1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open |
Nov 22 |
British, Italian, Russian, French & Austro-Hungarian fleet attacks Lesbos |
Nov 23 |
Henry Watson Furness, an Indiana physican, named minister of Haiti |
Nov 24 |
Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel |
Nov 28 |
Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin |
Dec 4 |
British government of Balfour resigns |
Dec 5 |
Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK PM |
Dec 9 |
French Assembly National votes for separation of church & state |
Dec 9 |
Richard Strauss' opera "Salome" premiers in Dresden |
Dec 11 |
120°F (49°C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) |
Dec 11 |
British government of Campbell-Bannerman forms |
Dec 11 |
A workers uprising occurs, establishing the Shuliavka Republic in Kiev. |
Dec 15 |
The Pushkin House is established in St. Petersburg to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin |
Dec 16 |
"Variety" covering all phases of show business, 1st published |
Dec 18 |
H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW v Qld) |
Dec 22 |
Arrest of St Petersburg Soviet members leads to an uprising of Moscow workers and fighting in the street |
Dec 25 |
V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste" premieres in NYC |
Dec 27 |
M A Noble scores 281 (369 mins, 21 fours) NSW v Victoria |
Dec 28 |
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of US founded (becomes NCAA in 1910) |
Dec 28 |
NSW all out for 805 vs Victoria, win by innings & 253 |
Dec 30 |
Former Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated near his home in Caldwell, Idaho. |
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