March 1905 in History

Events in History

Agreement of Interest

Mar 3 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to summon a 'consultative assembly' and concedes other points including an edict of religious toleration, relief for Jews, and the cancellation of certain debts

Mar 3 US Forest Service forms

Theater Premiere

Mar 4 Gerhart Hauptmann's play "Elga" premieres in Berlin

Dramatist, Author and Nobel Laureate Gerhart Hauptmann

Historic Publication

Mar 7 Arthur Conan Doyle publishes "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" collection in London after public pressure to revive his famous detective (Feb New York)

Mar 10 Japanese Army captures Mukden (Shenyang)
Mar 12 The continuing strikes and disorders that unsettle Italy force out Premier Giovanni Giolitti, though he will return in March, 1906

Quantum Theory of Light

Mar 17 Albert Einstein finishes his scientific paper detailing his Quantum Theory of Light, one of the foundations of modern physics

Theriso Revolt

Mar 24 A group of Cretans dedicated to Crete's union with Greece led by Eleutherios Venizelos, meet at the village of Therisso and proclaim a union in defiance of the Great Powers

Greek Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos

Mar 25 Confederate battle flags captured during the American Civil War are returned to South
Mar 28 The Lawa railway from Paramaribo to Dam railway opens in Suriname

First Moroccan Crisis

Mar 31 Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany visits Tangier, Morocco and proclaims Germany's support of Moroccan independence and equal opportunity for all powers to trade there

German Emperor and King of Prussia Wilhelm II

Mar 31 German Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tangier

Birthdays in History

Mar 1 Pol le Roy, Flemish writer (Stroom) and WWII collaborator, born in Hingene, Begium (d. 1983)
Mar 9 Félix Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), born in Marchiennes, France (d. 1982)
Mar 9 Peter C. Quennell, English biographer and critic (Byron in Italy), born in Bickley, Kent (d. 1993)
Mar 9 Rex Warner, English poet and writer (Wild Goose Chase), born in Birmingham (d. 1986)
Mar 11 Gilroy Roberts, American sculptor (Chief Engraver of the US Mint, 1948-64), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
Mar 14 Raymond Aron, French sociologist and political scientist (The Opium of the Intellectuals), born in Paris, France (d. 1983)
Mar 15 Berthold Schenck von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat who attempted to assassinate Hitler, born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1944)
Mar 18 Mollie Parnis, American fashion designer (Mollie Roberts Collection; Mamie Eisenhower), born in NYC, New York (d. 1992)
Mar 18 Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. 1985)

Albert Speer (1905-1981)

Mar 19 German architect and Nazi leader (Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production), born in Mannheim, German Empire

Mar 20 Vera Panova, Russian author and journalist (Sputniki), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1973)
Mar 21 Phyllis McGinley, American children's author and poet (Pulitzer Prize 1961), born in Ontario, Oregon (d. 1978)
Mar 22 Grigorij Kosinzev, Russian director of film and theater, born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1973)
Mar 23 Ralph Perring, British businessman (Lord Mayor of London 1962-63) (d. 1998)
Mar 24 Pura Santillan-Castrence, Filipino writer and diplomat (d. 2007)
Mar 26 Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (Man's Search for Meaning) and founder of logotherapy, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1997)
Mar 27 Elsie MacGill, Canadian aeronautical engineer, 1st female in Canada to get bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, born in Vancouver (d. 1980)
Mar 27 John Fleming (Jack) Brock, South African nutritional scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1983)
Mar 30 Albert Pierrepoint, last and longest serving British executioner (est. 433-608 executed), born in Clayton, West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1992)

Weddings in History

Guglielmo Marconi

Mar 16 Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi (30) weds Beatrice O'Brien

Eleanor & Franklin D. Roosevelt

Mar 17 Eleanor Roosevelt (20) marries Franklin D. Roosevelt (23) later 32nd US President in New York, & given away by her uncle, 26th President Theodore Roosevelt

Deaths in History

Mar 6 John Henninger Reagan, American Confederate politician, dies at 86
Mar 9 William Brimage Bate, American Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) and 23rd Governor of Tennessee (1882-86), dies at 78
Mar 12 Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92
Mar 15 Amalie Skram, Norwegian author (Paa St Jorgen), dies at 58
Mar 15 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal politician (founder Social Weekly newspaper), dies at 60