1905 Events

1905 Adolf Hitler Moves to Vienna, where He Acquires His Anti-Semitic Beliefs
From 1905 on, Hitler lived a bohemian life in Vienna on an orphan's pension and support from his mother. He was rejected twice by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (1907–1908), citing "unfi...
1905 Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity is born and formulates famous equation E=mc^2
His 1905 paper on the electrodynamics of moving bodies introduced his theory of special relativity, which showed that the observed independence of the speed of light on the observer’s sta...
1905 Bertha von Suttner Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner, Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau; 9 June 1843 - 21 June 1914) was an Austrian novelist, radical ...
1905 'De Profundis' Is Published
"...I wanted to eat of the fruit of all the trees in the garden of the world... And so, indeed, I went out, and so I lived. My only mistake was that I confined myself so exclusively to the..." —Oscar Wilde
1905 Ford Model F is First Produced
The Ford Model F is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was a development of the Model A and Model C, but was larger, more modern, and more luxurious. It was a four-seate...
1905
to 1908
Jane Addams serves as member of the Chicago Board of Education
As her reputation grew, Miss Addams was drawn into larger fields of civic responsibility. In 1905 she was appointed to Chicago's Board of Education and subsequently made chairman of the S...
1905
to 1908
Unity Temple Constructed
Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Fran...
1905 Wright's First Trip to Japan
Wright was remarkably quiet about his three months in Japan. We know he stayed April 23,1905 at the famous Kanaya Hotel in Nikko and two days later checked into Hakone’s Fujiya Hotel. He ...
1905 Jan 16 Ottawa Silver Seven win Stanley Cup
The Silver Seven participated in perhaps the most famous[32][33][34] Stanley Cup challenge of all, that of Dawson City of Yukon Territory in 1905. Dawson City had Lorne Hanna, who had pla...
1905 Mar 4 Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 26th president of the United States
The energetic Republican President had taken his first oath of office upon the death of President McKinley, who died of an assassin's gunshot wounds on September 14, 1901. Mr. Roosevelt...
1905 Mar 17 Franklin D Roosevelt marries Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
On March 17, 1905, Roosevelt married Eleanor despite the fierce resistance of his mother. Eleanor's uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, stood in at the wedding for Eleanor's deceased father Elliot...
1905 Mar 20 Grover Shoe Factory Disaster
Located on the corner of Main and Calmar streets in the largely Swedish neighborhood of the Campello section of Brockton, the Grover factory burst into flames at 7:50 am on March 20, 1905...
1905 Apr 4 Kangra Earthquake of 1905
1905 Kangra earthquake was a major earthquake that occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra region of Himachal Pradesh in India on 4 April 1905. The earthquake measured 7.8 on the sur...
1905 Apr 17
to 1905 Apr 22
 Blind Tom Wiggins performs publicly for last time
Prof. Southall reports that Tom's last public appearances appear to have been those of April 17-22, 1905 in Boston. She adds that the Boston Evening Transcript left no doubt in its subse...
1905 Jun 5 Wayne Boring Is Born
Wayne Boring (born June 5, 1905, Minnesota; died February, 1987, Pompano Beach, Florida) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Superman from the late 1940s to 1950s...
1905 Jun 7 Union between Norway and Sweden dissolved
Norway's parliament dissolved the union between Sweden and Norway on June 7, 1905. After some months of tension and fear of war between the two neighboring nations, negotiations between t...
1905 Jun 23 First Flight with Flyer III
The Wright Flyer III was the third powered aircraft built by the Wright Brothers. Orville Wright made the first flight with it on June 23, 1905. The Flyer III had an airframe of spruce co...
1905 Jul 27 James Joyce's Son Giorgio is Born
"She has nobody to talk to but me and, heroics left aside, this is not good for a woman....I do not know what strange and morose creature she will bring forth after all her tears." —James Joyce
1905 Oct 9
to 1905 Oct 14
 1905 World Series
The 1905 World Series matched the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Athletics, with the Giants winning four games to one. Four of the five games featured duels between future Hall ...
1905 Oct 28 Myron Spaulding Is Born
Myron Spaulding (October 28, 1905–September 11, 2000) was a renowned American sailor, yacht designer and builder and concert violinist in Sausalito, California. Myron Spaulding was wel...