Editing 2005 (section)

===March===
* [[March 14]] – [[China]] ratifies an [[Anti-Secession Law|anti-secession law]], aimed at preventing [[Taiwan]] from declaring independence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425628.htm|title=Countries support Anti-Secession Law|work=[[China Daily]]|date=March 16, 2005|access-date=October 21, 2009|archive-date=April 8, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408031520/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-03/16/content_425628.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – The [[President of Kyrgyzstan]], [[Askar Akayev]], is [[Tulip Revolution|deposed following mass anti-government demonstrations]] and flees the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/kyrgyz-citizens-overthrow-president-ayakev-tulip-revolution-2005|title=Kyrgyz citizens overthrow President Ayakev (Tulip Revolution), 2005|website=Global Nonviolent Action Database|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924072249/http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/kyrgyz-citizens-overthrow-president-ayakev-tulip-revolution-2005|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] – The 8.6 {{M|w|link=y}} [[2005 Nias–Simeulue earthquake|Nias–Simeulue earthquake]] shakes northern [[Sumatra]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VI (''Strong''), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Magnitude 8.6 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507213608/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/ |archive-date=May 7, 2016 |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=earthquake.usgs.gov |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – The dwarf planet [[Makemake]] is discovered by a team led by Michael E. Brown at the Palomar Observatory.<ref name=jpldata>{{cite web |type=2019-05-12 last obs |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 136472 Makemake ({{mp|2005 FY|9}}) |work=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=136472 |access-date=2020-02-20 |archive-date=2019-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616154758/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=136472 |url-status=live }}</ref>