On 20 July 1906 Tsar Nicholas II, as Grand Duke of Finland, approved the Parliament Act passed by the Finnish Diet, which replaced the old four-estate assembly with a single-chamber parliament elected by all adults aged 24 and over, men and women alike, and allowed women to stand as candidates. It was the first time in Europe that women had the vote, and the first anywhere in the world that they could also be elected. In the election of March 1907, 19 women, among them Miina Sillanpaa, won seats out of 200. The reform followed the general strike of 1905 in the Russian Empire.
Before and after
- 3 June 1906Birth of Josephine Baker
- 28 June 1906Birth of Maria Göppert Mayer
- 1 July 1906Founding of Sporting CP
- 2 July 1906Birth of Hans Bethe
- 20 July 1906Finland gives women the right to vote and stand for parliament
- 25 September 1906Birth of Dmitri Shostakovich
- 9 October 1906Birth of Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 14 October 1906Birth of Hannah Arendt
- 22 October 1906Death of Paul Cézanne
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