- 23 March. Durham Stevens, an American diplomat and Japanese sympathizer, is assassinated by Korean independence activists.EN
- 1906January. Yi Yong-ik, former Secretary of the Imperial Treasury, is assassinated in Vladivostok, Russia.
- 1906September. The historic Japanese newspaper in Korea Keijō nippō is founded. The newspaper becomes the de facto official paper of the Japanese Residency-General and later Government-General.
- 1906통감부 설치
- 1907July 24. The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907 (한일신협약,韓日新協約) is enforced by Japan. It states that the Korean Empire would act under guidance of the Japanese Resident-General, and have also lost its diplomatic rights as a protectorate.
- 1907ハーグ密使事件
- 1907南大門の戦い
- 1907국채보상운동, 대한제국 고종황제가 강제 퇴위되고 대한제국 순종황제가 즉위, 한국과 일본간에 한·일 신협약 체결, 군대가 해산, 헤이그 특사 파견, 고종 강제퇴위, 신민회 창립
- 1907September – 15 November. The Kyŏngsŏng Exhibition (경성박람회; 京城博覽會) is held in Seoul.
- 1907July. Gojong is forced by Japan to abdicate in favor of his son, Emperor Sunjong.
- 1907July 18. Gojong was forced to abdicate in favour of his son, Sunjong.
- 1909October. Ito Hirobumi (the first Resident-General) is assassinated by Korean Lieutenant-General An Jung-geun (안중근,安重根). This incident was dramatized in the recent Korean musical, Hero (영웅,英雄). The musical premiered in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on August 23, 2011.
- 1909September. Gando is reclaimed by China after the Sino-Japanese convention over Gando (간도협약,間島協約).
- 1909남한 대토벌 작전 전개, 안중근이 이토 히로부미를 사살
- 1909October. The first Korean-owned private regional newspaper Gyeongnam Ilbo is established.
- 1910韓国併合ニ関スル条約
| - December — The Guangxu Emperor's young nephew Puyi became emperor of the Qing dynasty.EN
- November — The Guangxu Emperor died of arsenic poisoning.EN
- 西江水灾，伤亡千余人。ZH
- 1906Meishan earthquake
- 1906September — Empress Dowager Cixi promises to form a constitutional government with no specified date
- 1906废科举。丙午风灾侵袭广东珠江口一带，肇庆高要的新江云松岭文阁上三层完全倒塌，下二层石额破裂，墙壁崩颓。东莞万顷沙围堤崩溃。
- 1907April — The territories of Manchuria are reorganized into provinces
- 1907徐錫麟、馬宗漢、秋瑾被捕处死。
- 1907北埔事件
- 1907July — Anhui governor Enming is assassinated by the anti-Manchu Xu Xilin
- 1907October — An edict is passed to create a set of codes which apply uniformly to Manchus and Han Chinese
- 1907September — Empress Dowager Cixi declares her intention to create "a bicameral deliberative body"
- 1907September — An edict is passed to disband provincial banner garrisons over a 10-year period
- 1909간도 협약
- 1909Provincial Assembly elections
- 1909Parliamentary election
- 1910Taiwan earthquake
- 1910东北鼠疫，波及69个县，共死亡6万余人。
| - 1909간도 협약
- 1909伊藤博文暗殺事件
- 1909姉川地震
- 1910December — Japanese Antarctic Expedition starts.
- 1910August — Japan–Korea Treaty completes the annexation of the Korean Empire.
| - Federal Bureau of Investigation establishedEN
- Ford Model T appears on the marketEN
- Root–Takahira AgreementEN
- Aldrich–Vreeland ActEN
- U.S. presidential election: William Howard Taft elected president; James S. Sherman vice president. William Jennings Bryan loses for the third and final time.EN
- 1906ポーツマス条約
- 1906アルヘシラス会議
- 1906Susan B. Anthony dies
- 1906Pure Food and Drug Act and Federal Meat Inspection Act
- 1906Hepburn Act
- 1906브라운즈빌 사건
- 1906San Francisco earthquake
- 1907Oklahoma becomes a state
- 1907Gentlemen's Agreement
- 1907Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history.
- 1909NAACP founded by W. E. B. Du Bois
- 1909Robert Peary claims to have reached the North Pole
- 1909Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act
- 1909Crazy Snake Rebellion
- 1909The U.S. penny is changed to the Abraham Lincoln design
- 1909March 4, 1909 – Taft becomes the 27th president; Sherman becomes the 27th vice president
- 1909Taft implements dollar diplomacy
- 1909Pinchot–Ballinger controversy
- 1910Mann Act
- 1910Los Angeles Times bombing
- 1910La Matanza (1910–1920)
- 1910Mann–Elkins Act
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