1905
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1870s 1880s 1890s – 1900s – 1910s 1920s 1930s |
| Years: | 1902 1903 1904 – 1905 – 1906 1907 1908 |
Art, music, theatre, literature
- October 15 – Little Nemo in Slumberland debuts in American newspapers.
- A Little Princess is published
Events
- January 22 – "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg (Russia). First Russian Revolution has started.
- April 1 – SOS, the Morse code signal for distress, is created by Germany.
- June 7 – Norway becomes an independent country.
- October 28 – Cardiff, Wales becomes a city in the United Kingdom.
- Albert Einstein publishes his special theory of relativity.
- A workers' revolt, supported by the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin, takes place in Odessa, Russia.
Births
January
- January 2 – Michael Tippett, English composer (d. 1998)
- January 14 – Takeo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
- January 21 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
February
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- February 1 - Emilio G. Segre, Italian-American physicist (d. 1989)
- February 2 – Ayn Rand, American writer (d. 1982)
March
- March 9 – Rex Warner, English writer (d. 1986)
- March 12 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (d. 1982)
- March 19 – Albert Speer, German architect (d. 1981)
- March 25 – Pote Sarasin, Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2000)
April
- April 21 – Pat Brown, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)
May
- May 15 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
- May 16 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
- May 26 – Seni Pramoj, Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 1997)
June
- June 21 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher (d. 1980)
July
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- July 15 – Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 1980)
- July 29 – Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- July 29 – Dag Hammarskjöld, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1961)
August
- August 24 – Arthur Crudup, American blues musician (d. 1976)
- August 25 – Faustyna Kowalska, Polish nun and mystic (d. 1938)
September
- September 18 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
October
November
December
- December 4 – Emílio Garrastazu Médici, President of Brazil (d. 1985)
- December 5 – John Whedon, American screenwriter (d. 1991)
- December 11 – Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (d. 1974)
- December 21 – Anthony Powell, English writer (d. 2000)
- December 22 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982)
Deaths
- March 24 – Jules Verne, French writer (b. 1828)