1905
common year starting on Sunday
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1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1905th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 905th year of the 2nd millennium, the 5th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1905, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| 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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1905 MCMV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2658 |
| Armenian calendar | 1354 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6655 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 61–62 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1826–1827 |
| Bengali calendar | 1312 |
| Berber calendar | 2855 |
| British Regnal year | 4 Edw. 7 – 5 Edw. 7 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2449 |
| Burmese calendar | 1267 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7413–7414 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4601 or 4541 — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4602 or 4542 |
| Coptic calendar | 1621–1622 |
| Discordian calendar | 3071 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1897–1898 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5665–5666 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1961–1962 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1826–1827 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5005–5006 |
| Holocene calendar | 11905 |
| Igbo calendar | 905–906 |
| Iranian calendar | 1283–1284 |
| Islamic calendar | 1322–1323 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 38 (明治３８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1834–1835 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4238 |
| Minguo calendar | 7 before ROC 民前7年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 437 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2447–2448 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 2031 or 1650 or 878 — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 2032 or 1651 or 879 |
Art, music, theatre, literature change
- October 15 – Little Nemo in Slumberland debuts in American newspapers.
- A Little Princess is published
Events change
- 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 change
January change
- 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 change
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- February 1 - Emilio G. Segre, Italian-American physicist (d. 1989)
- February 2 – Ayn Rand, American writer (d. 1982)
March change
- 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 change
- April 21 – Pat Brown, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)
May change
- 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 change
- June 21 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher (d. 1980)
July change
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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 change
- August 24 – Arthur Crudup, American blues musician (d. 1976)
- August 25 – Faustyna Kowalska, Polish nun and mystic (d. 1938)
September change
- September 18 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)
October change
November change
December change
- 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 change
- March 24 – Jules Verne, French writer (b. 1828)