What Happened in 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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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,... Read more

'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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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.... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more