1906 Event

Universal suffrage

Name: Universal suffrage
Start: 1906

Finland is the first country in Europe to grant women both the vote and eligibility for office.

Meanwhile, elsewhere

Within twenty-five years of 1906 — the context national timelines leave out.

8 years later Sarajevo assassination Serbia
14 years later Treaty of Trianon Hungary
17 years later Founding of the Republic Türkiye
23 years later Lateran Accords Vatican City
1 year earlier Independence of Norway Norway
6 years later Independence of Albania Albania
6 years earlier Vienna 1900 Austria
8 years later Violation of neutrality Belgium

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Which long period

Periods overlap: they are landmarks, not boxes.

Concert of Europe 1815 – 1914 A century without general war, and the empires preparing one.

Countries involved

Finland

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What was written of it

Owing to the morbid estrangement which the madness of nationality has set between the peoples of Europe, the clearest signs are overlooked: Europe wants to become one.

Friedrich Nietzsche 1886

Beyond Good and Evil

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