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| All India Muslim League Jinnah, Mohammed Ali |  |
| Dhaka The All India Muslim League (AIML) is formed by Muslims who were suspicious of the mainstream, secular but Hindu-majority Indian National Congress |
| All India Muslim League Pakistan Khan, Hakim Ajmal |  |
| 30th Dec Shahbagh The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan |
| All India Muslim League Pakistan Khan, Nawab Salimullah | |
| 30th Dec Shahbagh The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka hosted by Nawab Salimullah Khan |
| 30th Dec Shahbagh The resolution to found the All Muslim League is moved by Nawab Salimullah which & seconded by Hakim Ajmal Khan |
| All India Muslim League Pakistan Viqar-ul-Mulk, Nawab | |
| 30th Dec Shahbagh The founding meeting of the party during the annual All India Muhammadan Educational Conference in Shahbagh, Dhaka presided over by Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk |
| Arrest Kirov, Sergei Mironovich |  |
| Arrested & jailed for 1 yr |
| Assassination Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 12th Aug Moscow The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypin's life |
| Birth Betjeman, John |  |
| Birth of John Betjeman |
| Birth Beckett, Samuel |  |
| 13th April Birth of Samuel Beckett |
| Birth Abramov, Konstantin Kirkovich | |
| Birth of Konstantin Kirkovich Abramov |
| Birth Brezhnev, Leonoid Ilych | |
| 19th Dec Moscow Born Dneprodzerzhinsk, son of working class parents |
| Bolshevik Party Bukharin Bukharin, Nikolai | |
| Appointed Member of the Bolshevik Party |
| Bolshevik Party Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich | |
| Appointed Organizer of the Bolshevik Party |
| Brigadier General Castelnau, Marie-Joseph Edouard de |  |
| Appointed Brigadier-General |
| British Order of Merit Togo Togo, Heihachiro |  |
| Made Member of the British Order of Merit by King Edward VII |
| Captain Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal |  |
| Appointed Captain in the Damascus Cavalry Regiment |
| Chairman AT Malan Malan, Daniel Francois |  |
| Appointed Chairman of the Afrikaaner Taalvereniging |
| Chairman Council of Ministers Goremykin, Ivan Logginovich | |
| 16th April Moscow Appointed Chairman of the Council of Ministers, 1st term |
| Chairman PLP Hardie, James Keir | |
| London Appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party |
| Chief of General Staff Moltke |  |
| Appointed Chief of the General Staff, nephew of General von Moltke |
| Chief of Staff Oku | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff |
| Commander Heinrich of Prussia | |
| Appointed Commander of the High Seas Fleet |
| Conference of Algeciras Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Algeciras Brings about the Algeciras conference following the Moroccan crisis |
| Conference of Commonwealth Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 8th May London Attends a conference of Colonial Prime Ministers |
| Congress Party Gokhale, Gopal Krishna | |
| Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings |
| Constition of Russia Nicholas II | |
| 23rd April The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma |
| Constitution Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 23rd April The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma |
| 26th April Moscow The new fundemental laws for the Constitution are made public |
| Consul Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Mukden Appointed Consul-General to Mukden in Manchuria |
| Death Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 12th Aug Moscow The Socialist revolutionary maximalists make a failed attempt on stolypin's life |
| Deputy Minister Polinavov, Alexei | |
| Appointed Deputy Minister of War |
| Discovery of North Mag Pole Amundsen, Roald |  |
| North Pole Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory |
| Discovery of North Pole Amundsen, Roald | |
| North Pole Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory |
| Discovery of North West Passage Amundsen, Roald | |
| North West Pass 1st person to navigate the North West Passage |
| Discovery of North West Passage Risvedt, Peder | |
| North West Pass Assists Amundsen on his navigation through the North West Passage |
| Dismissal Holstein, Friedrich von | |
| Berlin Dismissed after the Moroccan Crisis |
| Drama Gorky, Maxim | |
| 1st performance of, "Enemies" |
| Duma Closing Nicholas II | |
| Vyborg 180 Deputies protest about the dissolution of the 1st Duma by Nicholas II |
| Duma Closing Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 8th July Moscow The 1st Duma is closed by the Tsar |
| Duma Opening Nicholas II | |
| Moscow 1st State Duma, elected by universal male suffrage, meets for 73 days |
| Duma Opening Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 27th April Moscow The 1st Duma is opened by the Tsar |
| Education Attlee, Clement Richard | |
| Called to the bar by the Inner Temple |
| Education Yoshida, Shigeru | |
| Graduates from Tokyo University |
| Election Viviani, Rene | |
| Elected Deputy |
| Election Stressman, Gustav | |
| First enters the Reichstag as a National Liberal |
| Election Balfour, Arthur James | |
| City of London Elected Member of Parliament for City of London |
| The Conservatives are divided over the Empire & free trade |
| Election Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| The Liberal Party win 49.4% of the vote & 399 MP's |
| 12th Jan First day of polling during the general election |
| 8th April Final day of polling of the general election |
| Election Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 13th Jan Manchester Elected Member of Parliament for Manchester North West, majority of 1,200 |
| Election Clynes, John Robert | |
| Manchester Stands for the new Labour Party in the 1906 general election and is elected to Parliament for Manchester North East becoming one of Labour's bright stars |
| Election MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| Elected Member of Parliament for Leicester |
| Election Snowden, Philip | |
| Blackburn Elected Member of Parliament, 1st time |
| Election Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Transvaal Africa Smuts wins a comfortable victory in the Wonderboom constituency, near Pretoria |
| Transvaal Africa The People's Party win a landslide & Botha forms the government |
| Fatherland & Freedom Society Ataturk, Maustafa Kemal | |
| Helps found the Fatherland & Freedom Society |
| The FFS merges with the Committe of Union & Progress |
| First Secretary MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| London Appointed First Secretary of the Labour Party, 2nd term |
| Fundemental Laws Nicholas II | |
| 23rd April The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma |
| 23rd April The Fundemental Laws declare the autocracy of the Russian Emperor, including Emperor's supremacy over the Law, the Church, and Duma |
| Fundemental Laws Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 23rd April The first Russian constitution, known as the Fundamental Laws was enacted on the eve of the opening of the first State Duma |
| General Rennenkampf, Paul Karlovitch | |
| Appointed General |
| General Terauchi, Matasake | |
| Appointed General |
| General Staff Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| London Creates the General Staff to controls military expenditure & general mobilization |
| Illanga Lase Dube, John Langalibalele | |
| Founds the 1st newspaper, Illanga Lase |
| Indian National Congress Gokhale, Gopal Krishna | |
| Gokhale and Tilak become the respective leaders of the moderates and the "extremists" (the latter now known by the more politically correct term, 'aggressive nationalists') in the Congress |
| Tilak advocates civil agitation and direct revolution to overthrow the British Empire, whereas Gokhale is a moderate reformist, the Congress Party splits into two wings |
| India Office Keynes, John Maynard | |
| Appointed to serve in the India Office |
| Instructor Petain, Henri Philippe | |
| Appointed Instructor at the Ecole de Guerre |
| Liberal Party Guest Guest | |
| Leaves the Conservatives & joins the Liberal Party |
| Manifesto Vyborg Nicholas II | |
| Vyborg 180 Deputies protest about the dissolution of the 1st Duma by Nicholas II |
| Minister of Britain Nansen, Fridtjof | |
| The firstNorwegian Minister to Britain |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Aehrenthal, Graf Alois Lexa von |  |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Kato, Takakira | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| Minister of Interior Clemanceau, Georges | |
| Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Minister of Interior Stolypin, Pyotr Arkadyevich | |
| 26th April Appointed Minister of the Interior |
| Minister of Labour Viviani, Rene | |
| Appointed Minister of Labour |
| Minister of Public Works Barthou, Louis | |
| Appointed Minister of Public Works, 2nd term |
| Natal Indian Congress Party Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand | |
| Johannesburg While the Government is successful in repressing the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the harsh methods employed by the SouthAfrican Government in the face of peaceful Indian protesters finally forced SouthAfrican General Jan Chr |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg Calls on his fellow Indians to defy the new law and suffer the punishments for doing so, rather than resist through violent means |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg Start of a seven-year struggle in which thousands of Indians were jailed (including Gandhi), flogged, or even shot, for striking, refusing to register, burning their registration cards, or engaging in other forms of non-violent resistance |
| 11th Sep Johannesburg The Trans vaal Government promulgates a new Act compelling registration of the colony's Indian population, at a mass protest meeting Gandhi adopts his evolving methodology of satyagraha (devotion to the truth), or non-violent protest |
| Nobel Prize Carducci, Giosue |  |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Nobel Prize Ramon y Cajal, Santiago |  |
| Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine |
| Party Leader MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| London Appointed Party Leader of the Labour Party, 1st term |
| Peerage Bulow, Bernhard Heinrich Martin | |
| Berlin Created Prince |
| Peerage Runciman, Walter | |
| Created a Baronet |
| President Pena, Afonso Augusto Moreira |  |
| 15th Nov Appointed President of Brazil |
| President Delgado, Eloy Alfaro |  |
| Appointed President of Ecuador, 2nd term |
| President Khan III, Aga | |
| Appointed President of the Muslim League |
| Prime Minister Clemanceau, Georges | |
