Year retrospective · 1900s

1905

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…

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Defining moment · 1905

The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. S. S.

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Defining events of 1905

  1. 1905 The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

    Highest court of jurisdiction in the US

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. S. S.

  2. 1905 Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Association football club in Argentina

    Club Atlético Boca Juniors (CABJ) is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the Argentine Primera División.

  3. 1905 Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.

    German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)

    Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from special relativity, has been called "the world's most famous equation".

  4. 1905 In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.

    Disaster in Himachal Pradesh, India

    The 1905 Kangra earthquake occurred in the Kangra Valley and the Kangra district of the Himachal Pradesh, in India on 4 April 1905. 8 on the surface-wave magnitude scale and killed more than 20,000 people. Apart from this, most buildings in the towns of Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala were destroyed.

  5. 1905 Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

    City in New Hampshire, United States

    Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. It had a population of 21,956 at the 2020 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease.

  6. 1905 Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.

    A referendum on dissolving the union with Sweden was held in Norway on 13 August 1905. Dissolving the union, which had been in place since 1814, was approved by almost 100% of voters, with just 184 voting against the proposal out of over 371,000 votes cast.

  7. 1905 Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others establish the Tongmenghui, a Republican, anti-Qing revolutionary organisation, in Tokyo, Japan.
  8. 1905 A workers' uprising occurs in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
  9. 1905 The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
  10. 1905 In rugby union, the "Match of the Century" is played between Wales and New Zealand at Cardiff Arms Park.

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