Charles Fort: A Fortean Chronology, 1905.

1905 was the annus mirabilis of Albert Einstein, publishing papers that laid the foundations of quantum physics, introduced the special theory of relativity, explained Brownian motion and established mass-energy equivalence.

January

• January 1: The Trans-Siberian Railway officially opens after its completion on July 21, 1904.
• January 2: Russo-Japanese War, The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China.
• January 5: The play The Scarlet Pimpernel opens at the New Theatre in London and begins a run of 122 performances and numerous revivals.
• January 22: The Bloody Sunday massacre of Russian demonstrators, at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, helps trigger the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905.
• January 26: The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.

February

• February 4: A woman was found lying unconcious upon the shore, near Douglas, Isle of Man. No one had seen her before or knew anything of her. She died before regaining conciousness. (Books684)
• February 16: At Haulbowline Base in Ireland, 2 explosions onboard the HM Submarine A5, due to petrol fumes after refueling, kill 6 of 11 crew.
• February 17: At Fremantle, Western Australia, the R.M.S. Orizaba wrecks, but all 160 passengers and the mail are saved.
• February 19: Russo-Japanese War, The Battle of Mukden begins in Manchuria.
• February 23: Rotary International is founded.

March

• March 3: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agrees to create an elected assembly (the Duma).
• March 4: U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt begins a full term.
• March 4: At 75 Colville Street, Derby, England, firemen had to break into an unoccupied locked room to quench a fire; the firemen reported that the fire was - "origin unknown." After returning to their station they are immediatly called out to another fire in another room of the house; again - "origin unknown." (Books843) 
• March 5: Russo-Japanese War, Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden after losing 100,000 troops in 3 days.
• March 10: Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese capture of Mukden completes the rout of Russian armies in Manchuria.
• March 10: Cassie Chadwick is sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland, Ohio for fraud.
• March 17: Albert Einstein publishes his paper On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light, in which he explains the photoelectric effect using the notion of light quanta.
• March 20: Grover Shoe Factory disaster: A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts kills 58.
• March 29: In Cardiff, Wales, is seen in the sky, "an appearance like a vertical beam of light." (Books496) 
• March 31: German Emperor William II asserts German equality with France in Morocco, triggering the Tangier or First Moroccan Crisis.

April

• Albert Einstein works on the special theory of relativity as well as the theory of Brownian motion.
• April 2: The Simplon Tunnel is officially opened through the Alps.
• April 4: In India, an earthquake at 6:19 am, hit the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala.
• April 24: Beginning on this day and lasting for the next three years, sounds, detonations, like exploding bombs, are heard at a house at Tackley, Oxen, England. (Books943) 

May

• May 11: Albert Einstein submits his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles..., in which he explains Brownian motion. In the course of the year, Einstein publishes 4 papers, formulates the theory of special relativity and explains the photoelectric effect by quantization. 1905 is regarded as his "miracle year".
• May 13: Mata Hari debuts in Paris.
• May 15: Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off.
• May 27-28: Russo-Japanese War, Battle of Tsushima - The Japanese fleet under Admiral Heihachiro Togo destroys the Russian fleet under Admiral Zinovi Petrovich Rozhdestvenski in a 2-day battle.

June

• June 7: The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence.
• June 27: Mutiny breaks out on the Russian ironclad Potemkin.
• June 29: The Automobile Association was founded in United Kingdom.
• June 30:  Albert Einstein publishes the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies where he reveals his theory of special relativity.

July

• July 23: Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.

September

• September 1: The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are established from the southwestern part of the Northwest Territories.
• September 2: Something was seen in the sky above Llangollen, Wales. Something was described as an intensley black object, about two miles above the surface of the earth and traveling at about twenty miles an hour. (Books484) 
• September 5: Russo-Japanese War, Treaty of Portsmouth - In New Hampshire, a treaty mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is signed by victor Japan and Russia. Russia cedes the island of Sakhalin and port and rail rights in Manchuria to Japan.
• September 8: A meteor shower, luminous phenomena and a fall of dust in Tiriolo preceded  a destructive earthquake in Calabria, Italy. (Books808)

October

• October 2: The HMS Dreadnought is laid down, revolutionizing battleship design and triggering a naval arms race.
• October 5: The Wright Brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This is the first aeroplane flight lasting over 1/2 an hour.
• October 16: Russian Revolution of 1905: The Russian army opens fire in a meeting on a street market in Estonia, killing 94 and injuring over 200.
• October 30: Tsar Nicholas II is forced to grant Russia's first constitution, conceding a national assembly (Duma) with limited powers.

November

• November 12: In the boarding house of Mrs Lorelhei, Port of Spain, began a series of inexplicable events - the house is pelted with stones, potatoes leap from their basket and chairs move and whirl about. (Books936)
• November 28: Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin in Dublin, as a political party whose goal is independence for all of Ireland.

December

• December 29: Upon a railway track at Cumwinton, near Carlisle, England, the carcass of a wolf was found. (Books658)
• December 30: A bomb kills Frank Steunenberg, ex-governor of Idaho; the case leads to a trial against leaders of the Western Federation of Miners.