1905

1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar.

 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)

 April 
 April 21 – Pat Brown, 32nd Governor of California (d. 1996)

 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 
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 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)

 August 
 August 24 – Arthur Crudup, American blues musician (d. 1976)
 August 25 – Faustyna Kowalska, Polish nun and mystic (d. 1938)

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

 October 

 November 

 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)



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