Date: May 23, 1905
Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar) Date: October 30, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Russo-Japanese War: In New Hampshire, United States, the Treaty of Portsmouth, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, ends the war. Date: September 5, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1905Sun Yat-sen Establishes Tongmenghui in…
The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder. Date: May 5, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Massachusetts's mandatory smallpox vaccination program in Jacobson v. Massachusetts. Date: February 20, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1905Frank Steunenberg Assassinated in Caldwell, Idaho, December 30,…
In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala. Date: April 4, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1905Prince Carl Becomes King Haakon…
Sun Yat-sen, Song Jiaoren, and others establish the Tongmenghui, a Republican, anti-Qing revolutionary organisation, in Tokyo, Japan. Date: August 20, 1905 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1905 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1905Albert Einstein Completes Doctoral Thesis at University of…