The title Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is officially recognized by King Edward VII.
Pathé Frères colors black and white films by machine.
January 22 - Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg,
one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905.
January 26 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.
February 11 - Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
March 3 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).
March 5 - Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000
troops in 3 days.
March 10 Japanese capture of Mukden (now Shenyang) completes rout of Russian armies
March 31 German emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco,
triggering Tangier (or First Morocco) Crisis.
April 4 - In India, an earthquake near Kangra, kills 20,000.
May 15 - Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres (in what later would become
downtown) are auctioned off.
May 27 - Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Tsushima - The Japanese fleet under Admiral
Heihachiro Togo destroys Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski
in this two day battle (ends on May 27).
June 7 - Norway declares the union with Sweden dissolved.
September 1 - The Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta are established from
the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.
September 5 - Russo-Japanese War: Treaty of Portsmouth signed - In New Hampshire a
treaty mediated by US President Theodore Roosevelt, is signed by victor Japan and
defeated party Russia. In the agreement, Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and
rail rights in Manchuria to Japan.
October 3 HMS Dreadnought is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and
triggering a naval arms race.
October 26 - Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union with Norway.
October 30 - Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding
a national assembly (Duma) with limited powers.
November 18 - Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway.
November 28 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin in Dublin as a political
party whose goal was the independence for all of Ireland.
Einstein publishes four papers. In particular, he formulates the theory of special relativity
and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization.Births
January 2 - Michael Tippett
January 3 - Anna May Wong
, actress (d. 1961).
January 7 - Pieter van den Houten
January 12 - Tex Ritter
, actor, singer (d. 1974).
January 18 - Joseph Bonanno
, gangster (d. 2002).
January 20 - Klaasje Ihrman
January 21 - Christian Dior
, couturier (d. 1957).
January 26 - Charles Lane
January 26 - Bernhard Minetti
January 26 - Maria von Trapp
, singer (d. 1987).
January 29 - Barnett Newman
, painter (d. 1970).
January 31 - John O'Hara
, writer (d. 1970).
February 2 - Ayn Rand
February 7 - Paul Nizan
, author (d. 1940).
February 11 - Willem (Wim) Woudenberg
February 11 - Elizabeth Vuyk
, Dutch/Indonesian writer.
February 14 - Thelma Ritter
, actress (d. 1969).
February 22 - William Commers Troast
February 23 - Derrick Henry Lehmer
, mathematician (d. 1991).
February 27 - Franchot Tone
, actor (d. 1968).
March 5 - Günther Lüders
, actor and film director (d. 1975).
March 6 - Bob Wills
, country music singer (d. 1975).
March 15 - Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg
, jurist and Nazi opponent (d. 1944).
March 16 - Elisabeth Flickenschildt
, actress (d. 1977).
March 18 - Thomas Townsend Brown
, scientist (d. 1985).
March 18 - Robert Donat
, actor (d. 1958).
March 19 - Albert Speer
, Nazi official (d. 1981).
March 23 - Lale Andersen
, singer and cabaretist (d. 1972).
March 27 - Elsie MacGill
, aeronautical engineer, "Queen of the Hurricanes" (d. 1980).
March 31 - Jacob Leendert (Jaap) van den Houten
April 26 - Geertje Maria van den Houten
May 8 - Red Nichols
, jazz musician (d. 1965).
May 15 - Joseph Cotten
May 16 - Henry Fonda
, actor (d. 1982).
May 20 - Gerrit Achterberg
, Dutch poet.
June 9 - Neeltje Johanna Janse
June 12 - Ray Barbuti
, American athlete.
July 12 - Prince John
of the United Kingdom.
July 23 - Johanna Jumelet
July 26 - Neeltje Adriaantje van den Houten
August 2 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann
, composer (d. 1963).
August 6 - Jacobus Jonker
August 11 - Erwin Chargaff
August 14 - Deodora Apolonia van den Houten
August 16 - Marian Rejewski
, mathematician, cryptologist (d. 1980).
August 23 - Constant Lambert
, composer (d. 1951).
August 26 - Cornelis Johannes van Klaveren
August 31 - Dore Schary
, stage/motion picture personality (d. 1980).
September 2 - Johannes Maarten van den Houten
September 18 - Greta Garbo
, Swedish actress.
September 22 - Eugen Sänger
, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964).
September 23 - Cornelis van den Houten
September 30 - Michael Powell
, British director.
October 10 - Johanna Cornelia Lorwa
November 7 - Gerardus Jan van den Houten
November 17 - Queen Astrid
November 25 - Jacob Leendert van Almenkerk
December 30 - Jule Styne
December 22 - Gerardus Jan van den Houten
, Japanese prostitute and later actress.Dorothy Adams
September 15 - Stillborn van Westervoort
February 7 - Adriaan van den Houten
March 24 - Jules Verne
April 1 - Maarten van den Houten
May 4 - Lena Rotte
May 9 - Mrs. Jarvis
- The model for Mother's Day.
June 22 - Francis Lubbock
, Governor of Texas (b. 1815).
September 7 - Emilia Henriette Mertens
September 18 - George MacDonald
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