WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1905
Find out what all happened February to December 1905

The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc². (27. September 1905)

Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduces special relativity. (30. June 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)

Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic. (12. November 1905)

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

František Pavlík is killed in a demonstration in Prague, inspiring Leoš Janáček to the piano composition 1. X. 1905. (1. October 1905)

Prince Carl of Denmark becomes King Haakon VII of Norway. (18. November 1905)

Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland. (28. November 1905)

The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin (15. December 1905)

Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. (30. December 1905)

Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (10. August 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)

A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic. (11. December 1905)

Norway's parliament dissolved its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13 of that year. (7. June 1905)

Norway becomes independent from Sweden. (26. October 1905)

Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km2), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off. (15. May 1905)

Albert Einstein's paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", is published in the journal Annalen der Physik. This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc². (21. November 1905)

Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908. (5. October 1905)

Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries. (23. September 1905)