• January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution… See more

• January 6 – Walter Battiss, South African artist (d. 1982)
• January 11 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008)
• January 12 – Eric Birley, British historian and archaeologist (d. 1995)… See more

• January 1 – Todor Ivanchov, 11th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1858)
• January 13 – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
• January 18 – Sir William Forbes Gatacre, British general (b. 1843)… See more

• Physics – J. J. Thomson
• Chemistry – Henri Moissan
• Medicine – Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y Cajal
• Literature – Giosuè Carducci… See more

• The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year: 1906. Longmans, Green. 1907., comprehensive guide to political events worldwide; emphasis on Britain See more

• Gilbert, Martin. A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900-1933 (1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 123 – 42.
• Hazell's Annual for 1907 (1907), worldwide events of 1906; 734pp … See more