August 2018

1905 in Film

Rescued by Rover La révolution en Russie La presa di Roma The Living Playing Cards The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog Halifax Catholic Procession The Night Before Christmas An Interesting Story Boarding School Girls At Coney Island The Black Imp Ormond Beach Florida Auto Races Baby’s Toilet The Kleptomaniac Special March Past of …

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The Russo-Japanese War

Even if it isn’t the most well-known war in the west, overshadowed by the events of a decade later, the Russo-Japanese war nevertheless led to the abortive 1905 revolution in Russia, the takeover of Korea by Japan, gave Theodore Roosevelt a Nobel Peace Prize, and laid some of the groundwork for the worldwide complications of …

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Elsewhere in 1905

January 22 — The Bloody Sunday massacre of peaceful Russian demonstrators in St Petersberg helps trigger the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. February 20 — Russo-Japanese War – The Battle of Mukden begins in Manchuria March 20 — Grover Shoe Factory disaster – A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts, kills 58 …

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1904 in Art

Mikalojus Konstantinas ÄŒiurlionis — A Day Henri Matisse — Luxe, Calme et Volupté Max Slevogt — Portrait of the Dancer Anna Pavlova Ilya Repin — Portrait of Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev Gwen John — Dorelia in a Black Dress Isidre Nonell – La Paloma Pablo Picasso – The Actor Vilhelm Hammershøi — Interior with Young Woman …

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