Moana Hotel in Hawaii. March March 2 – Russia's Committee of Ministers votes to grant religious freedom to the subjects of the Russian Empire. March 3 – 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 – 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 – Mata Hari introduces her exotic dance act in the Musée Guimet, Paris. March 14 – 23 of the 26 crew of the British barque Kyber die when the ship is wrecked off England's Land's End. March 17 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt gives the bride away at the wedding of his 20-year-old niece, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, to her distant cousin, 23-year-old law student Franklin Delano Roosevelt. March 18 – Albert Einstein submits 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, 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. March 22 – Russia's Committee of Ministers votes to abolish the compulsory use of the Russian language in schools in "Congress Poland" (Tsarstvo Polskoye). March 23 – The Theriso revolt begins in Crete as about 1,500 people led by Eleftherios Venizelos demand unification with Greece. March 24 – Toastmasters International is founded by Ralph C. Smedley in Bloomington, Illinois. March 29 – 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. April April 1 – The British Imperial Penny Post is extended to include Australia. April 2 – The Simplon Tunnel through the Alps is opened to railway traffic. April 3 – A coal mine explosion at Zeigler, Illinois, kills 50 miners. April 4 – In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits