Timeline March 1905

Events in March 1905 5

• 1828 – 1905 Jules Verne (1828-1905) Died 24 March 1905, aged 77 French author Jules Verne pioneered the science fiction genre with novels including Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. His works anticipated technologies such as submarines and space travel decades before they existed. He remains one of the most translated authors in history.
• 1905 The photoelectric effect Light behaves as packets of energy Submitted in March 1905, this paper proposed that light comes in discrete quanta, explaining why shining light on metal ejects electrons only above a threshold frequency. Einstein called it the only truly revolutionary thing he ever did. It won him the Nobel Prize sixteen years later.
• 1905 – 1997 Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Died 2 September 1997, aged 92 Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who developed logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy centered on finding meaning in life. His memoir Man's Search for Meaning, based on his experience in concentration camps, sold millions of copies worldwide. He died in Vienna.
• 1905 First Moroccan Crisis begins Kaiser Wilhelm II's Tangier visit provokes a European standoff Kaiser Wilhelm II landed at Tangier and declared support for Moroccan independence, challenging French colonial influence in Morocco. The confrontation pushed France and Germany to the brink of war and strengthened the emerging Anglo-French entente. It was resolved the following year at the Algeciras Conference.
• 1905 The First Moroccan Crisis Tangier, Morocco The Kaiser landed at Tangier to challenge French influence, hoping to split the new entente. It drew Britain and France closer together instead.