Editing 1905 (section)

=== September ===
{{Main|September 1905}}
* [[September 1]] &ndash; The Canadian provinces of [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]] are established from the southwestern part of the [[Northwest Territories]].
* [[September 2]] &ndash; The millennia-old [[imperial examination system]] for the civil service is abolished in [[Qing dynasty]] China.
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: [[Treaty of Portsmouth]] &ndash; In [[New Hampshire]], a treaty mediated by U.S. President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] is signed by [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]. Russia cedes the island of [[Sakhalin]] together with port and rail rights in [[Manchuria]] to Japan.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; The 7.2 {{M|w}} [[1905 Calabria earthquake|Calabria earthquake]] shakes [[Southern Italy]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Crystal Palace F.C.]] is founded in London.
* [[September 27]]
** [[Albert Einstein]] submits for publication his paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", in which he puts forward the idea of [[mass–energy equivalence]] by publishing the equation ''E''&nbsp;=&nbsp;''mc''<sup>2</sup> (published November 21).
** [[Da-Qing Bank]], predecessor of [[Bank of China]], is founded in [[Beijing|Peiping]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.china-briefing.com/news/a-brief-history-of-the-bank-of-china/|title=A Brief History of the Bank of China|date=2008-04-17|access-date=2023-02-12|work=China-Briefing|archive-date=April 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419081417/https://www.china-briefing.com/news/a-brief-history-of-the-bank-of-china/|url-status=live}}</ref>