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| 1906 |
| | | Charles Pathé opens the first purpose-built luxury cinema, the Omnia-Pathé, in Paris | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The first volume of the inexpensive Everyman's Library is issued by Joseph Dent, a London publisher | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The Naturalization Act provides definitive requirements for naturalization as a US citizen | |
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| 1906 |
| | | E. Nesbit publishes The Railway Children, the most successful of her books featuring the Bastable family | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The Simplon rail tunnel, the longest in the world (20 km), is opened between Switzerland and Italy | |
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| 1906 |
| | | In direct response to Britain's new Dreadnought, Germany increases the production of battleships | |
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| 1906 |
| | | Tsar Nicholas II appoints as prime minister the reformist aristocrat Pyotr Stolypin | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The first Grand Prix of motor-racing is held near Le Mans over a 64-mile course | |
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| 1906 |
| | | Pablo Picasso's portrait of Gertrude Stein prefigures cubism in its mask-like treatment of her face | |
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| 1906 |
| | | The Pure Food and Drug Act, a landmark initiative in consumer protection, becomes law in the US | |
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