1905

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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.

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

• 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)

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

• 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)

September

• September 18 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (d. 1990)

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)