1905

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910

Births

• February 11 - [[Elizabeth Vuyk]?, Dutch/Indonesian? writer.
• May 15: Joseph Cotten, actor
• May 20: [Gerrit Achterberg]?, Dutch poet

Deaths

Events

• February 11 - [Pope Pius X]? publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
• HMS Dreadnought is launched, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
• Abortive [Russian Revolution of 1905]?, in response to Russia's defeat in the [Russo-Japanese War]?
• Albert Einstein writes four papers that will change physics forever.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard]?
• Chemistry - [Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer]?
• Medicine - Robert Koch
• Literature - Henryk Sienkiewicz
• Peace - [Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita Von Suttner]?