WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1905
Find out what all happened January to April 1905

Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt. (23. March 1905)

Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China. (2. January 1905)

Chicago, Illinois attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club. (23. February 1905)

In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala (4. April 1905)

Bloody Sunday in St. Petersburg, beginning of the 1905 revolution. (22. January 1905)

The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. (17. April 1905)

The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa. (26. January 1905)

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly, the Duma. (3. March 1905)