Historical figures in 1906
The atlas holds 58 people and 78 moments here, in 1906. The most recorded lives are Sarah Bernhardt, Maxim Gorky and Lu Xun. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Jurists.
Notable people
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1906
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Marcel Proust
in 1906
1 moment here
French novelist, essayist, and critic, best known for À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time).…
Marie Curie
in 1906
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Mark Twain
in 1906
1 moment here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Maxim Gorky
in 1906
4 moments here
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, publisher, and political activist.…
Mikhail Frunze
in 1906
1 moment here
Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze was a Bolshevik revolutionary, Red Army commander, Soviet military theorist, and senior state official.…
Mikhail Vrubel
in 1906
1 moment here
Russian painter, draughtsman, sculptor, ceramic artist, and theatrical designer associated with Symbolism and Russian Art Nouveau.…
Muhammad Iqbal
in 1906
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Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) was a South Asian philosopher, poet, lawyer, and political figure.…
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
in 1906
1 moment here
Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…
Nikola Tesla
in 1906
1 moment here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Pablo Neruda
in 1906
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Pablo Picasso
in 1906
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
P. L. Travers
in 1906
1 moment here
Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…
Puyi
in 1906
1 moment here
Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1906
2 moments here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Roald Amundsen
in 1906
1 moment here
Norwegian polar explorer Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (1872–1928) led the first successful transit of the Northwest Passage, reached the South…
Ronald Ross
in 1906
2 moments here
British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…
Rosa Luxemburg
in 1906
2 moments here
Polish-born, naturalised-German Marxist theorist, socialist organiser, anti-war activist, and revolutionary.…
Rubén Darío
in 1906
2 moments here
Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat Félix Rubén García Sarmiento, known as Rubén Darío, was a central initiator of Spanish-language Modernismo.…
Saint-John Perse
in 1906
1 moment here
Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Léger, a French poet and diplomat. Born in Guadeloupe, he spent formative years in Pau and Bordeaux,…
Sarah Bernhardt
in 1906
4 moments here
French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Sarojini Naidu
in 1906
1 moment here
Indian poet, nationalist, women’s-rights advocate, president of the Indian National Congress, and first governor of the United Provinces.…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1906
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Sri Aurobindo
in 1906
1 moment here
Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose) was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, poet, and yogi. His documented movements run from childhood in Bengal and…
Moments
- 1906 Fourth Party Congress in Stockholm Vladimir Lenin
- 1906 Death at Arbins gate 1 Henrik Ibsen
- 1906 Lives and works at Gósol Pablo Picasso
- 1906 Arrival in Athens for malaria advice Ronald Ross
- 1906 Field visit to the Copaic Plain Ronald Ross
- 1906 Performance at the Hearst Greek Theatre Sarah Bernhardt
- 1906 Marriage in Shaoxing Lu Xun
- 1906 Return voyage to Tokyo with Zhou Zuoren Lu Xun
- 1906 Audience with the imperial couple Grigori Rasputin
- 1906 Return to Saint Petersburg Grigori Rasputin
- 1906 Arrival in Rome for bank work James Joyce
- 1906 Tongmenghui organizing in Kuala Lumpur Sun Yat-sen
- 1906 Tongmenghui organizing in Penang Sun Yat-sen
- 1906 Massasoit Street residence Calvin Coolidge
- 1906 Civil Service examinations John Maynard Keynes
- 1906 Gjøa reaches Nome Roald Amundsen
- 1906 Launches satyagraha at Johannesburg meeting Mahatma Gandhi
- 1906 Serves as provisional governor in Cuba William Howard Taft
- 1906 Clerks at Prague’s civil court Franz Kafka
- 1906 India Office clerkship John Maynard Keynes
- 1906 Trial and sentence in Saint Petersburg Leon Trotsky
- 1906 Birth in Joal Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1906 Mechanical-engineering studies Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 1906 Residence at 102 boulevard Haussmann Marcel Proust
- 1906 Founding the Anglo-Korean Academy Yun Ch'iho
- 1906 Relocation to Dresden Sergei Rachmaninoff
- 1906 Official trip to Panama Canal worksite Theodore Roosevelt
- 1906 Return to Wellington from England Katherine Mansfield