Editing 1905 (section)

=== March ===
{{Main|March 1905}}
* [[March 2]] &ndash; Russia's Committee of Ministers votes to grant religious freedom to the subjects of the Russian Empire.<ref name=Mar05/>
* [[March 3]] &ndash; Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia]] announces his decision to create an elected assembly, the [[Duma]], to represent the people of the Russian Empire in an advisory capacity, although the real power to make laws will remain with the Tsar and the cabinet of ministers. 
* [[March 10]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The Japanese capture of Mukden (modern-day [[Shenyang]]) completes the rout of Russian armies in [[Manchuria]]. The Russian Army commander, General [[Aleksey Kuropatkin]], telegraphs the Tsar that his armies will be retreating to avoid further danger.
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Mata Hari]] introduces her exotic dance act in the [[Musée Guimet]], Paris.<ref>Denise Noe [http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hari/5.html Mata Hari is Born] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210044610/http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/spies/hari/5.html|date=10 February 2015}}. Crimelibrary.com</ref>
* [[March 14]] &ndash; 23 of the 26 crew of the British [[barque]] [[Gwennap Head#History|''Kyber'']] die when the ship is wrecked off England's [[Land's End]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.submerged.co.uk/the-wreck-of-the-kyber|title=The Wreck of the Kyber|website=Submerged.co.uk|access-date=November 13, 2022|archive-date=November 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113165810/https://www.submerged.co.uk/the-wreck-of-the-kyber/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]] submits 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]], for publication. 
* [[March 20]]
** The [[Grover Shoe Factory disaster]] kills 58 employees in [[Brockton, Massachusetts]], when a boiler explodes and the factory building collapses. 
** The title [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] is officially recognised by King [[Edward VII]] by a royal warrant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com.elib.tcd.ie/view/article/32975?docPos=1|title=Edward VII|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref>
* [[March 22]] &ndash; Russia's Committee of Ministers votes to abolish the compulsory use of the [[Russian language]] in schools in "[[Congress Poland]]" (Tsarstvo Polskoye).<ref name=Apr05/>
* [[March 23]] &ndash; The [[Theriso revolt]] begins in [[Crete]] as about 1,500 people led by [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] demand unification with [[Greece]].
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Toastmasters International]] is founded by [[Ralph C. Smedley]] in [[Bloomington, Illinois]].<ref>[https://www.toastmasters.org/about/history "History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113165809/https://www.toastmasters.org/about/history |date=November 13, 2022 }}, Toastmasters International.</ref>
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Walsh (American boxer)|Jimmy Walsh]] knocks out Monte Attell, in a controversial six-round bout in Philadelphia, to win recognition of the World Bantamweight Championship by the National Boxing Association, despite being disqualified by the referee.