WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1906
Find out what all happened January to August 1906

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White. (25. June 1906)

An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California. (18. April 1906)

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

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

The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine". (22. May 1906)

Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples. (7. April 1906)

Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. (2. May 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)

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

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

Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. (11. July 1906)

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

The flag of Sweden is adopted. (22. June 1906)

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

Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London. (26. May 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)

Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy. (5. August 1906)

An estimated 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people. (16. August 1906)