page_title: 1905
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1905 / Events / March
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph showing head and shoulders, facing slightly left.
context_page_description: 1905 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 and Anno Domini 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.
  As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland. Canada and the U.S. expand west, with the Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces and the founding of Las Vegas. 1905 is also the year in which Albert Einstein, at this time resident in Bern, publishes his four Annus Mirabilis papers in Annalen der Physik, laying the foundations for more than a century's study of theoretical physics.
context_section_description: March 1 – Australian Conservative leader Richard Butler takes office, as Premier of South Australia.
  March 3 – Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).
  March 4 – Second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt is sworn in for a full term as 26th President of the United States.
  March 5 – Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, after losing 100,000 troops in 3 days.
  March 10
  Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese capture of Mukden (modern-day Shenyang) completes the rout of Russian armies in Manchuria.
  Cassie Chadwick is sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland, Ohio, for fraud.
  Chelsea F.C. is founded in London.
  March 13 – Mata Hari introduces her exotic dance act in Paris.
  March 18 – Albert Einstein submits for publication his paper "On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light", in which he explains the photoelectric effect using the notion of light quanta (published June 9).
  March 20 – Grover Shoe Factory disaster: A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts, kills 58.
  March 23 – Theriso revolt: About 1,500 men, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, meet at the village of Theriso in Crete to challenge the island's authoritarian government and press for its unification with Greece.
  March 31 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis.
caption: March 4: Theodore Roosevelt at about the time he is sworn in for a full term as 26th President of the United States
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