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| 1906, Jan. 10 |
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| Beginning of Anglo-French military and naval conversations, which had been unofficially initiated in Dec. The new Liberal government (Sir Edward Grey, foreign secretary since Dec. 1905) refused to promise support to France in the event of German attack, but agreed to nonbinding discussions of the modalities of cooperation in case such cooperation should be decided on. Creation of the “moral obligation” of Britain to France. The cabinet as a whole was not informed of these conversations until 1911. | 1 |
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| Jan. 16–April 7 |
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| Algeciras conference (See 1906, April 7) on Morocco. France was supported throughout by all the powers except Austria, which sided with Germany. The Act of Algeciras reaffirmed the independence and integrity of Morocco but entrusted the French with the police on the border with Algeria (See 1906, Jan. 16–April 7). | 2 |
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| Feb. 10 |
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| Launching of the Dreadnought by the British navy, the first all-big-gun battleship (ten 12-inch guns), which revolutionized the world naval situation. | 3 |
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| May |
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| The German government decided to increase the tonnage of battleships in the naval program, to add six cruisers to the program, and to widen the Kiel Canal to allow the passage of projected ships of the dreadnought type. | 4 |
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