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1906
Events
January–February
January 12
–
Persian Constitutional Revolution
: a nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in
Persia
forces the
shah
to grant a constitution and establish a national assembly, the
Majlis
.
January 16
–
April 7
–
Algeciras Conference
to resolve the
First Moroccan Crisis
between
France
and
Germany
.
January 22
– The strikes a reef off
Vancouver Island
, Canada, killing over 100 (officially 136) in the ensuing disaster.
January 31
–
Ecuador–Colombia earthquake
(8.8 on the
Moment magnitude scale
) and associated
tsunami
.
February 10
– is launched and sparks the
naval race between Britain and Germany
.
February 11
–
Pope Pius X
publishes the encyclical
Vehementer Nos
denouncing the
1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State
.
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