Opposition Advocacy
Advocates constitutional reform after the 1905 revolution.
Historical events in 1906
244 historical records
January 190610 historical events
President of Switzerland
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Bakhtiari Agreement Challenged
Faces Persian government refusal to recognize the syndicate's separate agreement with Bakhtiari chiefs.
Election
First day of polling during the general election
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Manchester North West, majority of 1,200
Doctorate Formally Awarded
The University of Zurich formally awards Einstein his doctorate in physics.
President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador, 2nd term
Birth of Frank Launder
Birth of Frank Launder
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Nominated to the post of chief assistant to the Astronomer Royal at the Royal Greenwich Observatory
Government Programme
Attempts to stabilise the regime before the first Duma meets.
February 19069 historical events
Legal Defence Work
Represents political opponents of the imperial government.
Casa Mila Construction Begins
Submits the Casa Mila plans to Barcelona City Council and construction begins.
Birth of John Carradine
Birth of John Carradine
Election
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
Molecular Dimensions Paper Published
His revised dissertation on molecular dimensions is published in Annalen der Physik.
Second Brownian Motion Paper Published
Publishes a follow-up analysis refining his theory of Brownian motion.
HMS Dreadnought Launched
HMS Dreadnought is launched, rapidly transforming international battleship design and naval competition.
State Council Reform
Supports reforms creating an upper legislative chamber.
Discovery of Achilles
Discovers Achilles, the first recognized asteroid sharing Jupiter's orbit near a stable Lagrange point.
March 19064 historical events
President of Argentina
Appointed President of Argentina after the death of Manuel Quintana
Adolf Eichmann Born
The future SS official is born to a German family.
Birth of Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann is born in Solingen, Germany.
3rd Foot Guards Regiment
After completing his cadet education, Manstein joined the Prussian 3rd Foot Guards Regiment as an ensign. This posting marked the beginning of his active service in the Imperial German Army.
April 190623 historical events
Election
Final day of polling of the general election
Unity Congress
Attends the Fourth Congress, known as the Unity Congress.
Unity Congress
Supports attempts to restore formal party unity.
Unity Congress
Mensheviks gain influence at the Unity Congress.
Battle of Rawdat Muhanna
Defeats the Rashidi army and strengthens Saudi control of Qassim.
Battle of Rawdat Muhanna
Supports Saudi forces during the decisive fighting at Rawdat Muhanna.
Birth of Samuel Beckett
Birth of Samuel Beckett
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's, 1st term
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Nicholas II accepts Witte's resignation under conservative pressure.
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Resigns as chairman of the Council of Ministers.
Resignation of Sergei Yulyevich Witte
Nicholas II responds to pressure from conservatives & dismisses Witte
Death of Pierre Curie
Dies after a street accident in Paris.
Constitution of Russia
The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma
Fundemental Laws
The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma
Fundamental Laws
Leaves office as the new constitutional framework is imposed.
Constitution of Russia
The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma
Fundemental Laws
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
Minister of Interior
Appointed Minister of the Interior
Constitution of Russia
The new fundemental laws for the constitution are made public
Duma
The 1st Duma is opened by the Tsar
First Duma
The first Duma opens shortly after Witte's fall.
First Duma
Represents Social Democratic activity around the First Duma period.
Patent Office Promotion
Promoted to Technical Expert, second class, at the Swiss Patent Office.
May 19063 historical events
Sorbonne Chair
Succeeds Pierre Curie in his Sorbonne chair.
Sinn Fein
Griffiths launches a paper called Sinn Fein
Political Retirement
Moves into political semi-retirement after resignation.
June 19062 historical events
Lock Canal Plan
Congress adopts a lock-canal design instead of a sea-level canal.
Hepburn Act
The Hepburn Act expands federal authority over railroad rates and related businesses.
July 19065 historical events
Birth of George Henry Sanders
Birth of George Henry Sanders
Duma
The 1st Duma is closed by the Tsar
Prime Minister of Russia
Appointed Chairman of the Council of Minister's
Reinstatement
The Supreme Court proclaims Dreyfusss innocence, he is reinstated in the army
Trial
The Supreme Court proclaims Dreyfusss innocence, he is reinstated in the army
August 19063 historical events
Assassination of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypins life
Death of Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin
The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypins life
Valparaiso Earthquake
Coordinates government relief after the destructive Valparaiso earthquake.
September 19068 historical events
Death of Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann
Death of Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann
Natal Indian Congress Party
Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means
Natal Indian Congress Party
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.
Natal Indian Congress Party
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.
SatyagrahaIndia
Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means
SatyagrahaIndia
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.
SatyagrahaIndia
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.
President of Chile
Takes office as President of Chile before dying during an overseas medical journey.
October 19061 historical events
Surface Tension Prize Essay Submitted
Submits an experimental study of water-jet surface tension to the Royal Danish Academy competition after conducting measurements in his father's laboratory.
November 19063 historical events
First Sorbonne Lecture
Gives her first lecture as Sorbonne professor.
President of Brazil
Appointed President of Brazil
Discovery of North West Passage
Amundsens crew returned to Oslo in November 1906, after almost 3.5 years abroad
December 190614 historical events
Caixa de Conversao Established
Brazil creates the Caixa de Conversao to issue notes convertible against gold-backed reserves at a fixed exchange rate, stabilising the milreis.
Conversion Office
The Conversion Office is created to issue notes convertible at a fixed foreign-exchange parity.
Nobel Prize in Literature
Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for learning, creative energy, style, and lyrical power.
HMS Dreadnought Commissioned
HMS Dreadnought enters commission after an exceptionally rapid construction programme.
Birth of Leonid Brezhnev
Born in Kamenskoye, later Dneprodzerzhinsk, into a working-class family.
Saint Andrew's Stadium
Birmingham City opens Saint Andrew's as its new permanent football ground.
All India Muslim League
The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan
All India Muslim League
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
All India Muslim League
The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka presided over by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
All India Muslim League
The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan
All India Muslim League
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
All India Muslim League
The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka presided over by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk
Ambassador
Appointed as the successor of Count Lexa von Aehrenthal as Ambassador of Russia
Nobel Prize for Gas Conduction
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for investigations of electrical conduction through gases.
Foreign Secretary of Austria
Appointed Foreign Minister
Education
Between 1906 and 1910 Schrodinger studies in Vienna under Franz Serafin Exner (1849-1926) and Friedrich Hasenohrl (1874-1915)
Education
Between 1906 and 1910 Schrodinger studies in Vienna under Franz Serafin Exner (1849-1926) and Friedrich Hasenohrl (1874-1915)
Education
Between 1906 and 1910 Schrodinger studies in Vienna under Franz Serafin Exner (1849-1926) and Friedrich Hasenohrl (1874-1915)
University of Vienna Studies
Begins university study in Vienna, where courses in theoretical physics and mathematics provide the foundation for his later work on quantum theory.
Caloric Test
Develops the caloric test for examining the inner-ear balance system.
Vestibular Function Testing
Creates a diagnostic method for assessing vestibular function and neurological disease.
Allergic Reaction Concept
Defines a concept that becomes central to immunology and clinical medicine.
Term Allergy Introduced
Introduces the term allergy for altered immune reactivity.
Bordetella Pertussis Isolation
Provides a basis for laboratory diagnosis and later vaccine development.
Whooping Cough Bacterium
Co-isolates the bacterium responsible for whooping cough.
Baron Pirrie Created
Is raised to the peerage as Baron Pirrie of Belfast while continuing to lead Harland and Wolff.
Harland and Wolff Chairmanship Consolidated
Consolidates his control of Harland and Wolff after Gustav Wolff formally retires from the business.
Code of Criminal Procedure
Leads the government when a new Code of Criminal Procedure modernizes the administration of criminal justice.
Workers Housing Law
Promulgates early social legislation intended to improve housing conditions for urban workers.
The Scandinavian Neutrality System
Publication of "The Scandinavian Neutrality System"
President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador, 2nd term
Dinshaway Sentences
Faces nationalist outrage after harsh punishments imposed following the Dinshaway incident.
The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ
Directs The Birth, the Life and the Death of Christ, an ambitious early religious film.
Minister of Interior
Appointed Minister of the Interior
Minister of Labour
Appointed Minister of Labour
Minister of Public Works
Appointed Minister of Public Works, 2nd term
Prime Minister of France
Appointed Prime Minister of France, 1st term
Conversion to Catholicism
Jacques and Raissa Maritain enter the Catholic Church, a turning point in his intellectual development.
Curie Laboratory
Maintains scientific links with the Curie research circle.
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France
Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier General
Instructor
Appointed Instructor at the Ecole de Guerre
Symphony No 1 in D major
Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 6 in A minor. Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 3 in D minor. Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 1 in D major
Symphony No 3 in D minor
Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 6 in A minor. Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 3 in D minor. Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 1 in D major
Symphony No 6 in A minor
Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 6 in A minor. Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 3 in D minor. Completes the final revision of Symphony No. 1 in D major
Des Deutschen Stadtewesens
Publication of "Des Deutschen Stadtewesens"
Dismissal
Dismissed after the Moroccan Crisis
Conference of Algeciras
Brings about the Algeciras conference following the Moroccan crisis
Peerage
Created Prince
Berlin Habilitation
Cassirer completes his habilitation at the University of Berlin and begins teaching there.
Election
First enters the Reichstag as a National Liberal
Reichstag Entry
First enters the Reichstag as a National Liberal representative.
Discovery of Patroclus
Discovers Patroclus, an asteroid occupying Jupiter's trailing Trojan region.
Chief of General Staff
Appointed Chief of the General Staff, nephew of General von Moltke
Retirement
Schlieffen retires after 53 yrs of service
Glasgow Britannia Theatre
Laurel began his career in the Glasgow Britannia Theatre of Varieties and Alhambra Theatre Glasgow at the age of 16
Sir Nigel
Publication of "Sir Nigel"
The Railway Children
Publication of "The Railway Children"
The Man of Property
Publication of "The Man of Property"
Poems
Publication of "Poems"
Birth of John Betjeman
Birth of John Betjeman
Indian Meteorological Service
joined the Indian Meteorological Service as an Imperial Meteorologist at their headquarters in Simla and inspected many of the meteorological stations in India and Burma
Flag-Captain
Appointed Flag-captain to Rear-Admiral George Egerton on HMS Victorious
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for City of London
Election
The Conservatives are divided over the Empire & free trade
Member of Parliament
Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East
Tariff Reform
Continues tariff reform campaigning from his Birmingham political base.
Election
The Liberal Party win 49.4% of the vote & 399 MPs
General Staff
Creates the General Staff to controls military expenditure & general mobilization
Lord Randolph Churchill
Publlication of, "Lord Randolph Churchill", official biography of his father
Haileybury House
From 1906 to 1909 Attlee works as a manager of Haileybury House, a charitable club for working-class boys
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament, 1st time
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Independent Labour Party (ILP)
Appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party
Chairman of TUC
Appointed Chairman of the TUC
First Secretary
Appointed First Secretary of the Labour Party, 2nd term
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Leicester
Party Leader
Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party, 1st term
Labour Representation Committee (LRC)
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
Election
Stands for the new Labour Party in the general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East
India Office
Appointed to serve in the India Office
Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Chesterton in 1906, a seat he held until 1918,
Liberal Party
Leaves the Conservatives & joins the Liberal Party
Peerage
Created a Baronet
Arrest of Emily Wilding Davison
Goes on hunger strike in Strangeways Prison and is force-fed. Arrested and imprisoned for various offences, including a violent attack on a man she mistook for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George
WSPU
Joins the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Eddington Joins Greenwich Scientific Staff
Arthur Stanley Eddington joined as chief assistant and worked on astronomical research. The work improved the repeatability of observational methods.
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Prize in Physics for theoretical and experimental investigations of electrical conduction through gases, work closely associated with the identification of the electron.
League Championship
Leads Liverpool to another league championship.
Leading Attack in Second League Triumph
Joe Hewitt contributed goals in the 1905–06 campaign as Liverpool claimed the second league championship in their history.
First FA Cup Victory
Sandy Young scores the decisive goal against Newcastle United as Everton win the FA Cup for the first time.
Quartermaster General
Appointed Quartermaster General
Nucleus Crew Reserve System Expanded
Fisher's fleet reforms expand nucleus-crew arrangements so reserve ships can be maintained with reduced peacetime manning.
Prime Minister of Hungary
Appointed Prime Minister of Hungary, 2nd term
Congress Party
Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings
Coup
Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings
Coup
Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings
Indian National Congress
Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings. Gokhale and Tilak become the respective leaders of the moderates and the "extremists" (the latter now known by the more politically correct term, aggressive nationalists) in the Congress
Natal Indian Congress Party
While the Government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the South African Government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General Jan Chr
SatyagrahaIndia
While the Government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the South African Government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced South African General Jan Chr
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
Prime Minister of Italy
Appointed Prime Minister of Italy, 3rd term
Consul
Appointed Consul General to Mukden in Manchuria
Foreign Secretary of Japan
Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term
Privy Council
Appointed Member of Privy Council
Education
Graduates from Tokyo University
General
Appointed General
British Order of Merit
Made Member of British Order of Merit by King Edward VII
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff
Prime Minister of New Zealand
Appointed Prime Minister of New Zealand
Mary
Publication of "Mary"
Discovery of North Pole
Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory
Discovery of North West Passage
Amundsens crew returned to Oslo in November 1906, after almost 3.5 years abroad. Amundsens team reach Nome in 1906. Because the water along the route was sometimes as shallow as 3 ft (0.91 m), a larger ship could not have made the voyag. 1st person to navigate the North West Passage
North Magnetic Pole
Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory
Discovery of North West Passage
Assists Amundsen on his navigation through the North West Passage
Minister of Great Britain
The first Norwegian Minister to Britain
All India Muslim League
The All India Muslim League (AIML) is formed by Muslims who were suspicious of the mainstream, secular but Hindu-majority Indian National Congress
All India Muslim League
The All India Muslim League (AIML) is formed by Muslims who were suspicious of the mainstream, secular but Hindu-majority Indian National Congress
Zionism
Appointed Secretary General of the Zionist Organisation
Secretary General of Zionist Organisation
Appointed Secretary General of the Zionist Organisation
Drama
1st performance of, "Enemies"
Dina Glan
Publication of "Dina Glan"
Deputy Minister
Appointed Deputy Minister of War
Reform of Royal Succession
Passes a law allowing peasants to leave their communes & set up as individual farmers
Duma
1st State Duma, elected by universal male suffrage, meets for 73 days
Duma
180 Deputies protest about the dissolution of the 1st Duma by Nicholas II
Manifesto
180 Deputies protest about the dissolution of the 1st Duma by Nicholas II
Military Attache
Serves as Russian military attache in China.
Metalworkers Union
Roman Malinovsky joined the St Petersburg Metalworkers' Union and became active in the organized labor movement while working as a metal turner.
Arrest of Sergei Mironovich Kirov
Arrested & jailed for 1 yr
Bolshevik Party
Arrested & jailed for 1 yr
Bolshevik Party
Appointed Member of Bolshevik Party
Bolshevik Party
Appointed Organizer of the Bolshevik Party
Results and Prospects
Writes Results and Prospects, setting out his theory that the Russian revolution could pass directly toward workers' power.
Speech Before the Court
Defends the actions of the Saint Petersburg Soviet in a major speech during the trial of its deputies.
Bolshevik Party
When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist
Exile of Maxim Maximovich Litvinov
When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist
International Socialism
When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist
International Socialist
When the Russian Government began arresting Bolsheviks Litvinov left the country and spent the next ten years living in London, where he was active in the International Socialist
Political Defence Work
Defends revolutionaries in court and gains recognition for challenging the Tsarist government's treatment of political prisoners.
Birth of Konstantin Kirkovich Abramov
Birth of Konstantin Kirkovich Abramov
Deputy Minister
Appointed Deputy Minister of War
General
Appointed General
Election
The Peoples Party win a landslide & Botha forms the Government. Smuts wins a comfortable victory in the Wonderboom constituency, near Pretoria
Illanga Lase
Founds the 1st newspaper, Illanga Lase
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Afrikaaner Taalvereniging
Casa Batllo Renovation Completed
Completes the transformation of Casa Batllo into a major work of Catalan Modernisme.
Nobel Prize
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine
Matter-Radiation Energy Exchange Treated as Discrete
Einstein's continuing work on radiation treated elementary exchanges between matter and electromagnetic energy as discrete processes rather than continuously divisible transfers.
Planck Radiation Law Reinterpreted with Quanta
Einstein re-examined Planck's radiation theory and emphasized that its success could be understood more naturally if radiation exchanged energy with matter in finite quantum amounts.
Quantized Radiation Emission Reconsidered
Einstein examined how material resonators exchange energy with radiation and strengthened the case that emission as well as absorption must be connected with discrete quantum transfers.
Quantized Resonance Absorption Analysis
Einstein extended his quantum reasoning to resonant interactions between matter and radiation, treating absorption as an energy exchange constrained by discrete radiation quanta.
Fatherland & Freedom Society
The FFS merges with the Committe of Union & Progress. Helps found the Fatherland & Freedom Society
Captain
Appointed Captain in the Damascus Cavalry Regiment
The Jungle
Publication of "The Jungle"
Peace Negotiations
Roosevelt sends troops to restore order in Cuba during the revolt led by General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, and Taft temporarily becomes the Civil Governor of Cuba, personally negotiating with Castillo for a peaceful end to the revolt
Reballion of General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo
Roosevelt sends troops to restore order in Cuba during the revolt led by General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, and Taft temporarily becomes the Civil Governor of Cuba, personally negotiating with Castillo for a peaceful end to the revolt
Rule of Cuba
Roosevelt sends troops to restore order in Cuba during the revolt led by General Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, and Taft temporarily becomes the Civil Governor of Cuba, personally negotiating with Castillo for a peaceful end to the revolt
Discovery of Planet X
Percival Lowell starts an extensive project in search of a possible ninth planet, which he terms "Planet X"
Discovery of Pluto
Percival Lowell begins an extensive search for a possible ninth planet, which he calls Planet X.
Inertia of Energy Conservation
Publishes a relativistic analysis linking conservation of centre-of-gravity motion with the inertia carried by energy, extending the implications of mass-energy equivalence.
Light Production and Absorption Paper
Publishes work extending the light-quantum hypothesis to the production and absorption of radiation.
Radio Engineering Develops In New York
Early experiments and academic work helped establish the city as an important centre of radio research. The work created a practical link between experimentation and infrastructure.
Audion Triode
Adds a control grid to a vacuum tube, enabling an electron current to amplify electrical signals.
Nobel Prize
Receives the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating the Russo-Japanese War and helping conclude the Treaty of Portsmouth.
Viet Nam Vong Quoc Su", Vietnams
Publication of "Viet Nam Vong Quoc Su", Vietnams first revolutionary history book
Viet Nam Vong Quoc Su
Publication of "Viet Nam Vong Quoc Su", Vietnams first revolutionary history book
Joins McClures Magazine
Cather joined the editorial staff of McClure's Magazine in New York.
In the Days of the Comet
Wells published In the Days of the Comet, a speculative novel about social transformation.
Begins Literary Reviewing
Strachey developed his career as a reviewer and essayist for periodicals.
Birth of Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt was born in Linden and became a major political theorist.
Law Loses Glasgow Seat
Bonar Law loses his parliamentary seat in the Liberal landslide general election.
Law Returns for Dulwich
A by election returns Bonar Law to Parliament as the Conservative member for Dulwich.