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1906 in History

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Historical Events in 1906

1906
All India Muslim League
Hakim Ajmal Khan · India · Shahbagh

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan

1906
All India Muslim League
Hakim Ajmal Khan · India · Shahbagh

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan

1906
All India Muslim League
Nawab Salimullah Khan · India · Shahbagh

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan. The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka hosted by Nawab Salimullah Khan

1906
All India Muslim League
Nawab Salimullah Khan · India · Shahbagh

The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan. The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka hosted by Nawab Salimullah Khan

1906
All India Muslim League
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk · India · Shahbagh

The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka presided over by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

1906
All India Muslim League
Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk · India · Shahbagh

The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka presided over by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk

1906
Ambassador
Leopold Berchtold · Austria

Appointed as the successor of Count Lexa von Aehrenthal as Ambassador of Russia

1906
Assassination of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia · Moscow

The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypins life

1906
Bakhtiari Agreement Challenged
William Knox D'Arcy · Great Britain · Tehran

Faces Persian government refusal to recognize the syndicate's separate agreement with Bakhtiari chiefs.

1906
Chairman
Ivan Logginovich Goremykin · Russia · Moscow

Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's, 1st term

1906
Constitution of Russia
Nicholas II · Russia

The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma

1906
Constitution of Russia
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia

The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma

1906
Constitution of Russia
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia · Moscow

The new fundemental laws for the constitution are made public

1906
Conversion Office
Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves · Brazil · Rio de Janeiro

The Conversion Office is created to issue notes convertible at a fixed foreign-exchange parity.

1906
Discovery of Achilles
Max Wolf · Germany · Heidelberg

Discovers Achilles, the first recognized asteroid sharing Jupiter's orbit near a stable Lagrange point.

1906
Discovery of North West Passage
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen · Norway · North West Passage

Amundsens crew returned to Oslo in November 1906, after almost 3.5 years abroad

1906
Doctorate Formally Awarded
Albert Einstein · Switzerland · Zurich

The University of Zurich formally awards Einstein his doctorate in physics.

1906
Duma
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia · Moscow

The 1st Duma is opened by the Tsar

1906
Duma
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia · Moscow

The 1st Duma is closed by the Tsar

1906
Election
Henry Campbell-Bannerman · Great Britain

First day of polling during the general election

1906
Election
Henry Campbell-Bannerman · Great Britain

Final day of polling of the general election

1906
Election
James Ramsey MacDonald · Great Britain

The LRC ins 29 seats, helped by a secret Gladstone¿MacDonald pact in 1903 between Ramsay MacDonald and Liberal Chief Whip Herbert Gladstone to avoid splitting the opposition vote between Labour and Liberal candidates

1906
First Duma
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Represents Social Democratic activity around the First Duma period.

1906
First Duma
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Russia · Saint Petersburg

The first Duma opens shortly after Witte's fall.

1906
First Sorbonne Lecture
Marie Sklodowska Curie · Poland · Paris

Gives her first lecture as Sorbonne professor.

1906
Fundamental Laws
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Leaves office as the new constitutional framework is imposed.

1906
Fundemental Laws
Nicholas II · Russia

The Fundemental Laws declare the autocracy of the Russian Emperor, including Emperors supremacy over the Law, the Church, and Duma. The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma

1906
Fundemental Laws
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia

The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma

1906
Government Programme
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Attempts to stabilise the regime before the first Duma meets.

1906
Hepburn Act
Theodore Roosevelt · United States of America · Washington

The Hepburn Act expands federal authority over railroad rates and related businesses.

1906
HMS Dreadnought Commissioned
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · Portsmouth

HMS Dreadnought enters commission after an exceptionally rapid construction programme.

1906
HMS Dreadnought Launched
John Arbuthnot Fisher · Great Britain · Portsmouth

HMS Dreadnought is launched, rapidly transforming international battleship design and naval competition.

1906
Legal Defence Work
Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Represents political opponents of the imperial government.

1906
Lock Canal Plan
John Frank Stevens · United States of America · Panama Canal

Congress adopts a lock-canal design instead of a sea-level canal.

1906
Member of Parliament
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · Great Britain · Manchester

Elected Member of Parliament for Manchester North West, majority of 1,200

1906
Minister of Interior
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia

Appointed Minister of the Interior

1906
Molecular Dimensions Paper Published
Albert Einstein · Switzerland · Bern

His revised dissertation on molecular dimensions is published in Annalen der Physik.

1906
Natal Indian Congress Party
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · India · Johannesburg

Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means

1906
Natal Indian Congress Party
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · India · Johannesburg

Start of a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance.

1906
Natal Indian Congress Party
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · India · Johannesburg

The Transvaal Government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colonys Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest.

1906
Nobel Prize in Literature
Giosue Carducci · Italy · Stockholm

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for learning, creative energy, style, and lyrical power.

1906
Opposition Advocacy
Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky · Russia · Russia

Advocates constitutional reform after the 1905 revolution.

1906
Patent Office Promotion
Albert Einstein · Switzerland · Bern

Promoted to Technical Expert, second class, at the Swiss Patent Office.

1906
Political Retirement
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Moves into political semi-retirement after resignation.

1906
President of Argentina
Jose Figueroa Alcorta · Argentina · Buenos Aires

Appointed President of Argentina after the death of Manuel Quintana

1906
President of Brazil
Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena · Brazil

Appointed President of Brazil

1906
President of Chile
Pedro Montt Montt · Chile · Santiago

Takes office as President of Chile before dying during an overseas medical journey.

1906
President of Ecuador
Eloy Alfaro · Ecuador · Quito

Appointed President of Ecuador, 2nd term

1906
President of Switzerland
Ludwig Forrer · Switzerland · Bern

Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.

1906
Prime Minister of Russia
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia

Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's

1906
Reinstatement
Alfred Dreyfus · France

The Supreme Court proclaims Dreyfusss innocence, he is reinstated in the army

1906
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Nicholas II · Russia

Nicholas II responds to pressure from conservatives & dismisses Witte

1906
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Nicholas II accepts Witte's resignation under conservative pressure.

1906
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Resigns as chairman of the Council of Ministers.

1906
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Arthur Stanley Eddington · Great Britain · Greenwich

Nominated to the post of chief assistant to the Astronomer Royal at the Royal Greenwich Observatory

1906
Saint Andrew's Stadium
William Adams · Great Britain · Birmingham

Birmingham City opens Saint Andrew's as its new permanent football ground.

1906
SatyagrahaIndia
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · India · Johannesburg

Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means

1906
SatyagrahaIndia
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · India · Johannesburg

Start of a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance.

1906
SatyagrahaIndia
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi · India · Johannesburg

The Transvaal Government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colonys Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest.

1906
Second Brownian Motion Paper Published
Albert Einstein · Switzerland · Bern

Publishes a follow-up analysis refining his theory of Brownian motion.

1906
Sinn Fein
Arthur Griffiths · Ireland

Griffiths launches a paper called Sinn Fein

1906
Sorbonne Chair
Marie Sklodowska Curie · Poland · Paris

Succeeds Pierre Curie in his Sorbonne chair.

1906
State Council Reform
Sergei Yulyevich Witte · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Supports reforms creating an upper legislative chamber.

1906
Trial
Alfred Dreyfus · France

The Supreme Court proclaims Dreyfusss innocence, he is reinstated in the army

1906
Unity Congress
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin · Russia · Stockholm

Attends the Fourth Congress, known as the Unity Congress.

1906
Unity Congress
Julius Martov · Russia · Stockholm

Mensheviks gain influence at the Unity Congress.

1906
Unity Congress
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov · Russia · Stockholm

Supports attempts to restore formal party unity.

1906
Valparaiso Earthquake
Pedro Montt Montt · Chile · Valparaiso

Coordinates government relief after the destructive Valparaiso earthquake.

Births in 1906

1906
Adolf Eichmann Born
Adolf Eichmann · Austria · Solingen

The future SS official is born to a German family.

1906
Birth of Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann · Austria · Solingen

Adolf Eichmann is born in Solingen, Germany.

1906
Birth of Frank Launder
Sidney Gilliat · Great Britain

Birth of Frank Launder

1906
Birth of George Henry Sanders
George Henry Sanders · Great Britain

Birth of George Henry Sanders

1906
Birth of John Carradine
John Carradine · United States of America

Birth of John Carradine

1906
Birth of Leonid Brezhnev
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev · Russia · Kamenskoye

Born in Kamenskoye, later Dneprodzerzhinsk, into a working-class family.

1906
Birth of Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett · Ireland

Birth of Samuel Beckett

Deaths in 1906

1906
Death of Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann · Austria · Duino

Death of Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann

1906
Death of Pierre Curie
Pierre Curie · France · Paris

Dies after a street accident in Paris.

1906
Death of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin · Russia · Moscow

The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypins life

Battles in 1906

1906
Battle of Rawdat Muhanna
Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud · Saudi Arabia · Rawdat Muhanna

Defeats the Rashidi army and strengthens Saudi control of Qassim.

1906
Battle of Rawdat Muhanna
Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al Saud · Saudi Arabia · Rawdat Muhanna

Supports Saudi forces during the decisive fighting at Rawdat Muhanna.

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