WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1906
Find out what all happened February to August 1906

Central railway station, Sydney opens. (4. August 1906)

The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco. (7. April 1906)

1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing event held (26. June 1906)

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

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

Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. (2. May 1906)

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

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

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

Auguste Deter, the first person to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, dies. (8. April 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)

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

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

The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens. (22. April 1906)

Cunard Line's RMS Lusitania launched from the John Brown Shipyard, Glasgow (Clydebank), Scotland. (7. June 1906)

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

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

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

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

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