WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1905
Find out what all happened February to July 1905

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. (27. May 1905)

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima ends with the destruction of the Russian Baltic Fleet by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō and the Imperial Japanese Navy. (28. May 1905)

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. (5. May 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)

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

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

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

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

The verdict in the six-month long Smarthavicharam trial of Kuriyedath Thathri is pronounced, leading to the excommunication of 65 men of various castes. (13. July 1905)

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

Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustaf, Crown Prince of Sweden. (15. 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)

Battleship Potemkin uprising: sailors start a mutiny aboard the battleship Potemkin, denouncing the crimes of autocracy, demanding liberty and an end to war. (27. June 1905)