1906

Year 1906 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the  (or a of the 13-day-slower ).

January - February

 * - officially adopts.
 * - in  kills 20.
 * - Massive in  (8.6 on the Richter scale).
 * - led by  win the  with a large majority.
 * - publishes the encyclical Vehementer nos.
 * - Representatives of the Labour Representation Committee in the UK parliament take the name.
 * -  publishes , a novel depicting the life of an  family in  during the early 1900s.

March - April

 * - in,  kills 1060.
 * - Ltd. is registered.
 * - Fraternity founded at ,
 * - flies a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft.
 * - The is founded in Winnipeg by  and.
 * - erupts and devastates.
 * - First service held at African Methodist Episcopal Church in, by W.J. Seymour in a series later known as the.
 * - The (estimated magnitude 7.8) on the  destroys much of, killing at least 3000, with 225,000-300,000 left homeless, $350 million in damages.
 * - In, the are announced at the first state.

May - June

 * May
 * 's novel  is serialized in The Outing Magazine.
 * is founded.
 * is founded.
 * - operates its first revenue train, Bonsal to Durham,.
 * - signs the  into law, authorizing the   to restrict the use of certain parcels of  with historical or conservation value.
 * - - Riots in, Ladugårsdgärden - 50 policemen injured.
 * - and  are crowned rulers of Norway.
 * - shoots architect.
 * - Mesa Verde declared a National Park.
 * - passes the  and.

July - August

 * -, a Jewish army officer hastily and wrongly convicted of treason in 1899, is exonerated. He is reinstalled in the French Army , ending the "" that exposed  in French society.
 * - The first Victor, a phonographic record player, is manufactured.
 * - Unable to control a rebellion in the newly-formed Cuban republic, Pres. requests U.S. intervention.
 * - Unable to control a rebellion in the newly-formed Cuban republic, Pres. requests U.S. intervention.

September - October

 * - throws the first legal forward pass in an American football game.
 * - with  kills an estimated 10,000 persons in.
 * - in .  At least 27 people are killed and the black-owned business district is severely damaged.
 * - U.S. President proclaims  the nation's first.
 * - The first is held, starting in Paris.  The winning team piloted the balloon "United States" landed in Fylingdales,.
 * becomes the first nation to adopt, giving women the right to vote.
 * , a private boarding school for girls, opens with twenty-eight students attending classes in two buildings on 19th Street just off Dupont Circle in downtown.
 * - The convenes for the first time.
 * - San Francisco public school board sparks diplomatic crisis with  by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
 * - Imposter impersonates a n officer and takes over city hall in  for a short time, amusing all of Germany and other countries.
 * - Aeroplane of takes off on  in  and flies 60 meters (200 feet).
 * - Creation of the, a Belgian mining trust in Congo.
 * - Creation of the, a Belgian mining trust in Congo.

November - December

 * - becomes an international distress signal.
 * - US President leaves for a trip to  to inspect the construction progress of the  (the first time a sitting  makes an official trip outside of the ).
 * - Russian Prime Min. introduces  aimed at creating a large class of land-owning peasants.
 * - commissioned.  First all-big-gun warship.
 * -, the first intercollegiate  established for , is founded at.
 * - Creation of district of.
 * -, pioneer computer scientist, is born in New York City, New York.
 * - Pres. is awarded the  for his role in negotiating peace in the.
 * - makes the first  broadcast: a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
 * - The world's first feature film, "", is released.
 * - The, a political organization that represented the interests of Indian Muslims, is formed.

Undated

 * (BCG) immunization for first developed.
 * argues that the has a molten interior.
 * Construction begins on the current.
 * The sandwich is invented in.
 * shopkeeper creates Club Union  team.

January-February

 * -, Swiss chemist
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian author (d. )
 * -, Russian choreographer
 * -, American author (d. )
 * , American astronomer (d. )
 * , German religious leader and resistance leader (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, Austrian pediatrician (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, American gangster (d. )

March-April

 * -, (d. )
 * , American author (d. )
 * , American businessman (d. )
 * -, Swedish inventor and photographer (d. )
 * , Estonian statesman and soldier (d. )
 * , doctor, medical scientist (d. )
 * -, Chinese Buddhist master (d. )
 * , English-born comedian (d. )
 * , Spanish writer
 * -, Nazi official (d. )
 * , mayor of New York (d. )
 * , American actor and band leader (d. )
 * -, Mexican-born trumpet virtuoso (d. )
 * -, Japanese physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Russian engineer and airplane designer (d. )
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (d. )
 * -, Irish writer, laureate (d. )
 * -, American actor, gardener and humanitarian activist (d. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. )
 * , Austrian logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (d. )
 * , Swiss conductor (d. )
 * -, American actor, gardener and humanitarian activist (d. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. )
 * , Austrian logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (d. )
 * , Swiss conductor (d. )
 * , Swiss conductor (d. )

May-June

 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, Italian director (d. )
 * -, American aviatrix (d. )
 * -, American geophysicist and oceanographer (d. )
 * -, Portuguese general and politician (d. )
 * , Canadian painter (d. )
 * , Venezuelan writer (d. )
 * -, Croatian-born soprano (d. )
 * -, American athlete and actor (d. )
 * -, Italilan Roman Catholic cardinal (d. )
 * , American screenwriter (d. )
 * , Mexican singer (d. )
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * -, Buddhist monk (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, British writer (d. )
 * -, German faith healer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Soviet chemist (d. )
 * -, German-born mathematician (d. )
 * -, Italian poet (d. )
 * -, Belgian fascist (d. )
 * , American rodeo pioneer, artist, inventor (d. )
 * , German-born biochemist, recipient of the (d. )
 * , English author (d. )
 * , English-born golf course designer (d. )
 * , American author and aviator (d. )
 * , Austrian-born screenwriter, film director and producer (d. )
 * -, French cellist (d. )
 * -, American industrial designer
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, English footballer (d. )
 * , Austrian-born screenwriter, film director and producer (d. )
 * -, French cellist (d. )
 * -, American industrial designer
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, English footballer (d. )

July-August

 * -, American cosmetics entrepreneur (d. )
 * , German-born physicist, laureate (d. )
 * , Soviet aircraft designer (d. )
 * , Croatian-born mathematician (d. )
 * , black baseball player (d. )
 * -, German politician (d. )
 * -, English professor and academic, United States Senator (d. )
 * -, Croatian chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American trombonist (d. )
 * -, American cinematographer (d. )
 * -, American animator (d. )
 * -, German photographer (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, German photographer (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )

September-October

 * , Dominican politician and writer (d. )
 * , German composer (d. )
 * -, German biologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, French-born chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Soviet politician (d. )
 * -, American environmentalist
 * -, American plant breeder (d. )
 * -, Russian composer (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, first president of Senegal (d. )
 * -, Indian novelist (d. )
 * , Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. )
 * , German political theorist (d. )
 * -, American businessman and politician (d. )
 * -, American swimmer (d. )
 * -, Austrian painter (d. )
 * , Japanese dancer
 * , American politician (d. )
 * , Japanese dancer
 * , American politician (d. )
 * , American politician (d. )

November-December

 * -, Italian theatre and cinema director and writer (d. )
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-born industrial designer
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, French author (d. )
 * -, Japanese industrialist (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * , German writer (d. )
 * , American scientist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Austrian-born film director (d. )
 * -, Korean composer of classical music (d. )
 * -, American computer scientist and naval officer (d. )
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve (d. )
 * -, Soviet leader (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Argentinian singer and actress (d. )
 * , French-born photographer (d. )
 * , American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor (d. )
 * , French-born photographer (d. )
 * , American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor (d. )

January - June

 * - King (b. )
 * -, grandmother of (b. )
 * -, American poet and publisher (b. )
 * -, American astronomer, physicist, and aeronautics pioneer (b. )
 * -, American civil rights and women's suffrage activist (b. )
 * -, zoologist (b. )
 * -, Croatian painter (b. )
 * -, Norwegian author (b. )
 * -, first person to be diagnosed with (b. )
 * -, American editor and publisher (b. )
 * -, French physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, British tennis player and cricketer (b. )
 * -, American temperance activist (b. )
 * -, German revolutionary and American statesman (b. )
 * -, Norwegian playwright (b. )
 * -, British artist (b. )

July - December

 * - (b. )
 * -, poet and librettist (b. )
 * -, Austrian physicist (b. )
 * -, actress (b. )
 * -, French painter (b. )
 * -, music critic (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, religious leader (b. )
 * -, Swiss journalist and activist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, critic (b. )
 * -, (b. )