1st January » Presidencies and provinces of British India or British India officially adopts the Indian Standard Time.
8th January » A landslide in Haverstraw (village), New York known as Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
22nd January » SS or Valencia runs aground on rocks on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, killing more than 130.
10th February » HMS Dreadnought 1906 6, the first of a revolutionary Dreadnought new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
11th February » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical 'Vehementer Nos'.
18th February » Edouard de Laveleye forms the Belgian Olympic Committee in Brussels.
5th March » Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moro people called Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
18th March » Traian Vuia flies a heavier-than-air aircraft for 11 meters at an altitude of one meter.
22nd March » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris
31st March » 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.
7th April » Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
7th April » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
14th April » The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
18th April » 1906 San Francisco earthquake called An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
22nd April » The 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognized as part of the official Olympic Games, open in Athens.
2nd May » Closing ceremony of the 1906 Intercalated Games e.g Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
22nd May » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Airplane or Flying-Machine".
8th June » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President of the United States called President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
25th June » Pittsburgh known as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania millionaire Harry Thaw shoots and kills prominent architect Stanford White.
26th June » 1906 French Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix motor racing event held
30th June » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
4th August » Central railway station, Sydney opens.
5th August » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
16th August » An estimated 1906 Valparaíso earthquake known as 8.2 MW earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
1st September » The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
5th September » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
7th September » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Château de Bagatelle called Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
12th September » The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, Wales named Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.
13th September » First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
18th September » A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
25th September » In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the 'Telekino' in the port of Bilbao, guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the remote control.
16th October » The Wilhelm Voigt e.g Captain of Köpenick fools the City hall (administration) named city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
23rd October » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
9th November » Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
24th November » A 13-6 victory by the Massillon Tigers over their rivals, the Canton Bulldogs, for the "Ohio League" Championship, leads to accusations that the championship series was Match fixing called fixed and results in Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scan
10th December » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
24th December » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
30th December » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dhaka called Dacca, East Bengal, Presidencies and provinces of British India or British India. It went on to lay the foundations of Pakistan.
31st December » Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar signs the Persian Constitution of 1906.