WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1906
Find out what all happened January to March 1906

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. (12. January 1906)

Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated. (15. March 1906)

The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States. (31. March 1906)

HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII. (10. February 1906)

SS Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130. (22. January 1906)

British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time. (1. January 1906)

Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos. (11. February 1906)

Traian Vuia flew a heavier-than-air aircraft for 20 meters at an altitude of one meter. (18. March 1906)

The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France. (10. March 1906)

Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels. (18. February 1906)

Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors. (5. March 1906)

A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people. (8. January 1906)

The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris (22. March 1906)

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