Editing 1906 (section)

=== July–August ===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[Second Geneva Convention]] meets.
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is exonerated. He is reinstalled in the French Army on [[July 21]], thus ending the [[Dreyfus affair]].
* [[July 20]] &ndash; In the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]], a new electoral law is ratified, guaranteeing full [[women's suffrage]], the first in modern Europe.<ref>If the limited rights in the Isle of Man are disregarded. {{cite web | url = https://www.jyu.fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2006/03/tiedote-2009-10-01-20-12-22-833815 | title = Suomi valitsi maailman ensimmäiset naiskansanedustajat | last = Kananen | first= Anitta | date = March 2006 | publisher = [[University of Jyväskylä]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203035928/https://www.jyu.fi/ajankohtaista/arkisto/2006/03/tiedote-2009-10-01-20-12-22-833815 | access-date = July 15, 2021 | archive-date = December 3, 2013 | language = fi}}</ref> Women can also stand in national elections.
* [[August 4]] &ndash; The first [[Imperial German Navy]] [[submarine]], [[SM U-1 (Germany)|''U-1'']], is launched.
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[1906 Valparaíso earthquake]]: A [[Richter magnitude scale|magnitude]] 8.2 earthquake in [[Valparaíso]], [[Chile]] leaves approximately 20,000 injured.
* [[August 23]] &ndash; Unable to control a rebellion, [[Cuba]]n President [[Tomás Estrada Palma]] requests United States intervention. This leads to the [[Second Occupation of Cuba]], which lasts until [[1909]].