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* [[October 22]]: [[Sells & Downs Shows]] ended its run in [[Sylacauga]] and then wintered in Birmingham.
* [[October 22]]: [[Sells & Downs Shows]] ended its run in [[Sylacauga]] and then wintered in Birmingham.
* [[October 24]]: [[List of Presidential visits|President Theodore Roosevelt]] visited [[Capitol Park]] and the [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]].
* [[October 24]]: [[List of Presidential visits|President Theodore Roosevelt]] visited [[Capitol Park]] and the [[Alabama State Fairgrounds]].
* December: A group of women secured the donation of the site for the future [[Bessemer Public Library]].
* [[Alice Furnace]] No. 1 was torn down.
* [[Alice Furnace]] No. 1 was torn down.
* [[Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 636]] was chartered.
* [[Birmingham Temple Lodge No. 636]] was chartered.
* The development of Booker, later called [[Docena]], began.
* The development of Booker, later called [[Docena]], began.
* Horse Creek was renamed [[Dora]] in honor of [[Dora Freil]].
* [[Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West]] wintered in Birmingham.
* [[Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West]] wintered in Birmingham.
* An [[1905 Virginia Mines explosion|explosion at the Virginia Mines]] killed over 100 miners.
* An [[1905 Virginia Mines explosion|explosion at the Virginia Mines]] killed over 100 miners.
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* [[Mary Anderson (inventor)|Mary Anderson]]'s attempt to sell the rights to her windshield wiper through Dinning and Eckenstein was rejected.  
* [[Mary Anderson (inventor)|Mary Anderson]]'s attempt to sell the rights to her windshield wiper through Dinning and Eckenstein was rejected.  
* Commercial photography studio [[Birmingham View Company]] was founded.
* Commercial photography studio [[Birmingham View Company]] was founded.
* [[Blach's]] moved to a larger store on the northwest corner of [[3rd Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street].
* [[Engel Realty Company]] was founded as an insurance underwriter.
* [[Engel Realty Company]] was founded as an insurance underwriter.
* The [[Florence Hotel]] was leased by [[R. D. Burnett, Sr]] and completely refurbished.
* [[E. L. Huey Furniture Company]] was started in [[Bessemer]] by [[E. L. Huey]] and [[Chambers McAdory]].
* [[E. L. Huey Furniture Company]] was started in [[Bessemer]] by [[E. L. Huey]] and [[Chambers McAdory]].
* The [[Majestic Theatre]] opened.
* The [[Majestic Theatre]] opened.
* The Columbia Amusement Company secured a lease on the [[O'Brien's Opera House]] and renamed it the Gayety Theatre.
* [[Peek Beverage Company]] was established by chemist [[Jefferson J. Peek]].
* [[Peek Beverage Company]] was established by chemist [[Jefferson J. Peek]].
* [[Wiseola]] was established.
* [[Wiseola]] was established.
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===Education===
===Education===
* [[February 28]]: The first class of [[Hillman Hospital]]'s Training School for Nurses was graduated.
* [[February 28]]: The first class of [[Hillman Hospital]]'s Training School for Nurses was graduated.
* [[William Drennen]] became president of the [[Birmingham Board of Education]].
* [[A. H. Parker]] was elected president of the Alabama State Teacher's Association.
* [[A. H. Parker]] was elected president of the Alabama State Teacher's Association.


=== Government ===
=== Government ===
[[Image:George Ward 1905.jpg|right|thumb|150px|George Ward]]
* [[March 5]]: [[William Jelks]] resumed office as [[Governor of Alabama|Governor]] after contracting tuberculosis.
* [[May 4]]: [[George Ward]] succeeded [[Mel Drennen]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* [[May 4]]: [[George Ward]] succeeded [[Mel Drennen]] as [[Mayor of Birmingham]].
* The head of the [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham|Weather Bureau's Birmingham Station Agency]], [[W. A. Mitchell]], was replaced by [[W. F. Lehman]].
* The head of the [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham|Weather Bureau's Birmingham Station Agency]], [[W. A. Mitchell]], was replaced by [[W. F. Lehman]].
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* [[July 1]]: [[Raimundo deOvies]] became the first rector of [[St Andrew's Episcopal Church]].
* [[July 1]]: [[Raimundo deOvies]] became the first rector of [[St Andrew's Episcopal Church]].
* December: St Andrew's Episcopal Church was formally incorporated.
* December: St Andrew's Episcopal Church was formally incorporated.
* [[George Bates]] succeeded [[Arthur Burrill]] as pastor of [[Pilgrim Church]].
* [[James Duncan]] became pastor of [[First United Methodist Church|First Methodist Episcopal Church South]].
* [[First Congregational Christian Church]] moved from [[26th Street North|26th Street]] and [[3rd Avenue North]] to the 600 block of [[15th Street North]].
* [[First Congregational Christian Church]] moved from [[26th Street North|26th Street]] and [[3rd Avenue North]] to the 600 block of [[15th Street North]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[November 18]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] beat [[Auburn Tigers football|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]] by a score of 3-0 in the [[1905 Iron Bowl]] played at [[West End Park]] before a then-record crowd of 4,600.
* [[November 18]]: [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] beat [[Auburn Tigers football|Alabama Polytechnic Institute]] by a score of 3-0 in the [[1905 Iron Bowl]] played at [[West End Park]] before a then-record crowd of 4,600.
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* [[Davis Stakely]] coached the [[Samford Bulldogs football|Howard Bulldogs]] to a  1-2-1 season.


==Individuals==
==Individuals==
* [[September 27]]: [[Arthur Brown]] married [[Nellie Brown|Mamie Nellie Adams]].
* [[William Bankhead]] moved to [[Jasper]].
* [[A. G. Gaston]] moved to Birmingham as a boy with his mother.
* [[A. G. Gaston]] moved to Birmingham as a boy with his mother.
* [[September 27]]: [[Arthur Brown]] married [[Nellie Brown|Mamie Nellie Adams]].
* [[Erskine Ramsay]] purchased the [[Caldwell Bradshaw residence]].
* [[Rick Woodward]] became vice president of the [[Woodward Iron Company]].


===Births===
===Births===
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===Marriages===
===Marriages===
* [[Culpepper Exum]] married the former Lestra Kinney.
* [[Giuseppe Moretti]] married [[Dorthea Moretti|Dorthea Long]].
* [[Giuseppe Moretti]] married [[Dorthea Moretti|Dorthea Long]].


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* Original [[Firehouse Shelter|Birmingham Fire Station No. 6]]
* Original [[Firehouse Shelter|Birmingham Fire Station No. 6]]
* [[Birmingham Realty Company building]] at 2118 1st Avenue North
* [[Birmingham Realty Company building]] at 2118 1st Avenue North
* [[Dobbins Building]] at 1506 Ridge Road
* [[Donnelly House]] at 2828 Highland Avenue
* [[Donnelly House]] at 2828 Highland Avenue
* [[Goodall-Brown Lofts|Goodall-Brown building]] at 2200 1st Avenue North  
* [[Goodall-Brown Lofts|Goodall-Brown building]] at 2200 1st Avenue North  
* [[Majestic Theatre]] at 1808-10 3rd Avenue North
* [[Majestic Theatre]] at 1808-10 3rd Avenue North
* [[Massey Business College building]] at 2024 3rd Avenue North
* [[Massey Business College building]] at 2024 3rd Avenue North
* [[Parker's Mill Ford Bridge]] over the [[Little Cahaba River]]
* [[Railroad Square|Paper warehouse]] at 1720 2nd Avenue North
* [[Railroad Square|Paper warehouse]] at 1720 2nd Avenue North
* The original [[St Andrew's Episcopal Church]]
* The original [[St Andrew's Episcopal Church]]
* [[Thomas Rowan residence]] at 1900 Montevallo Road Southwest in [[Leeds]]
* [[Jayfe Ware residence]] on Old Springville Road in Clay.
* [[Jayfe Ware residence]] on Old Springville Road in Clay.


====Demolitions====
====Demolitions====
* [[National Bank of Birmingham building]]
* [[National Bank of Birmingham building]]
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Chalifoux Building.jpg|[[Chalifoux Building]] c. 1905
</gallery>


==Context==
==Context==

Revision as of 01:39, 17 February 2015

1905 was the 34th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Education

Government

George Ward

Religion

Sports

Individuals

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Deaths

Works

Buildings

Demolitions

Gallery

Context

In 1905, the play The Scarlet Pimpernel opened at the New Theatre in London with a new final act. The Cullinan Diamond was found near Pretoria, South Africa. Rotary International was founded. President Theodore Roosevelt began a full term. Albert Einstein published his paper On a heuristic viewpoint concerning the production and transformation of light, in which he explained the photoelectric effect using the notion of light quanta. In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hit the Kangra valley, killed 20,000, and destroyed most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala. Albert Einstein submitted his doctoral dissertation On the Motion of Small Particles..., in which he explained Brownian motion. Las Vegas was founded. Norway gained independence from Sweden. Albert Einstein published the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies where he revealed his theory of special relativity. The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were established. Albert Einstein submitted his paper Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content? in which he developed an argument for the famous equation E = mc². The Russo-Japanese War was ended with the Treaty of Portsmouth in New Hampshire. The Russian Revolution of 1905 took place, forcing Tsar Nicholas II to establish the Duma.


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