1907
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Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar).
- Contents (full)
- 1 Events of 1907
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
- 4 Nobel prizes
- 5 See also - Notes - External links
[edit] Events of 1907
[edit] January - February
- January
- The British steamship Pengwern founders in the North Sea: crew and 24 men lost.
- The Prinz Waldemar, Hamburg-American line, runs aground at Kingston, Jamaica, after an earthquake; three lives lost.
- January 6 - Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo).
- January 14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
- January 23 - Charles Curtis from Kansas becomes the first Native American US Senator.
February - The French warship Jean Bart sinks off the coast of Morocco.
- February 12 - The steamship Larchmont collides with the Harry Hamilton in Long Island Sound; 183 lives lost.
- February 21 - English mail steamship Berlin wrecked off the Hook of Holland; 142 lives lost.
- February 24 - The Austrian Lloyd steamship Imperatrix, from Trieste to Bombay, is wrecked on Cape of Crete and sinks; 137 lives lost.
[edit] March - April
- March
- Steamship Congo sunk at mouth of Ems river by German steamship Nerissa; 7 lives lost.
- The French warship Jena is blown up at Toulon; 120 lives lost.
- 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt.
- March 5 - The new Duma is opened in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
- March 15 - 16 - First parliamentary elections in Finland, the first elections in the world with woman candidates as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied.
- March 18 - First and only train robbery in Sweden (as of 2004)
- March 22 - The first cabs with taxi meters begins operating in London.
- April - The April 1907 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine displays the cover price "One Dollar a Year" (under title).
- April 1 - Hurlstone Agricultural High School is founded.
- April 11 - At Porto Cortez, Honduras, the only war vessel of Honduras, the gunboat Ta Tumbla, steams into the harbor flying the American flag and surrenders with a white flag, when the Nicaraguan gunboat San Jacinto steams out to meet her.
- April 18 - The USS Kansas (BB-21), a Connecticut-class battleship, is commissioned.
[edit] May - June
- May 7 - Seattle film maker William Harbeck sets up a camera at the front of a B.C. Electric streetcar and films the downtown streets of Vancouver, British Columbia. Chunks of the little movie have disappeared over the 100 years since, but about 7 minutes remain.
- June 1 - Colin Blythe takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against Northamptonshire at Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded for a county cricket match (or for a single day's bowling), and not bettered in first-class cricket until 1956.
- June 5 - BAPS Swaminarayan sect of Hinduism established by Swami Yagnapurushdas.
- June 11 - George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
- June 15 - The Second Hague Peace Conference is held.
[edit] July - August
- July - Steamship Columbia is sunk off Shelton Cove, California, in collision with steamship San Pedro; 50 lives lost.
- July 6 - Guardians of Irish Crown Jewels notice that they have been stolen.
- July 25 - Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.
- August 1-9 - Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, England.
- August 17 - Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington officially opens for business.
- August 28 - UPS is founded by James E. (Jim) Casey in Seattle, Washington.
- August 31 - Formation of the Anglo-Russian Entente.
[edit] September - October
- September 7 - Maiden voyage of new passenger liner RMS Lusitania from Liverpool England to New York City.
- September 26 - New Zealand and Newfoundland become dominions.
- October 24 - A major American financial crisis is averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange, ending the bank panic of 1907.
- The first non-profit school in California is created, Polytechnic School.
[edit] November - December
- November 16
- Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
- Maiden voyage of new & largest passenger liner RMS Mauretania from Liverpool England to New York City.
- December 6 - Monongah Mining Disaster: A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers in Monongah, West Virginia.
- December 19 - Explosion in coal mine in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania - 239 dead.
[edit] Undated
- The Diamond Sutra of 868, a Buddhist scripture later dated as earliest example of block printing, is discovered in the Mogao Caves.
- The triode thermionic amplifier invented by Lee DeForest, starting the development of electronics as a practical technology.
- The Autochrome Lumière is the first color photography process marketed.
- First parliamentary elections in the Philippines.
- Adlon Hotel finished in Berlin
- The Moine Thrust Belt in Scotland becomes the first thrust belt to be discovered in the world.
- The Lockport Powerhouse is built.
- James Murray Spangler invents the first Hoover vacuum cleaner.
- The Finnish epic, Kalevala published for the second time in English, this time by William Forsell Kirby.
- Lancaster Girls' Grammar School is founded.
- Chelmsford County High School for Girls is officially opened.
[edit] Ongoing
- Herero and Namaqua Genocide in German South-West Africa (modern Namibia).
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1907 MCMVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2660 |
| Armenian calendar | 1356 ԹՎ ՌՅԾԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | 63 – 64 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2451 |
| Chinese calendar | 4543/4603-11-17 (丙午年十一月十七日) — to —
4544/4604-11-27(丁未年十一月廿七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1623 – 1624 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1899 – 1900 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5667 – 5668 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1962 – 1963 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1829 – 1830 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5008 – 5009 |
| Holocene calendar | 11907 |
| Iranian calendar | 1285 – 1286 |
| Islamic calendar | 1324 – 1325 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiji 40 (明治40年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2567 (皇紀2567年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11907 |
| Julian calendar | 1952 |
| Korean calendar | 4240 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2450 |
[edit] January-February
- January 3 - Ray Milland, Welsh Actor (d.1986)
- January 12 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
- January 20 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
- January 22 - Dixie Dean, English football phenomenon (d. 1980)
- January 23 - Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- February 1 - Günter Eich, German writer (d. 1972)
- February 15
- Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)
- Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
- February 17 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
- February 18 - Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter
- February 21 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973)
- February 22
- Sheldon Leonard, American actor, writer, director, and producer (d. 1997)
- Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998)
- February 27 - Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
[edit] March-April
- March 8 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (d. 1998)
- March 9 - Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986)
- March 12
- Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
- Arthur Hewlett, actor (d. 1997)
- March 15 - Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
- March 18 - John Zachary Young, English biologist (d. 1997)
- March 22 - Lucia dos Santos, Potuguese nun and visionary (d. 2005)
- March 23 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1992)
- March 29 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
- April 1 - Dr. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji, Indian born social reformer
- April 12 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
- April 13 - Harold Stassen, American politician (d. 2001)
- April 15 - Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1988)
- April 23 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)
- April 24 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
- April 29
- Tino Rossi, French singer (d. 1983)
- Fred Zinnemann, Austrian director (d. 1997)
[edit] May-June
- May 1 - Oliver Hill, Civil Rights Attorney
- May 2 - Pinky Lee, American comedian (d. 1993)
- May 9 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)
- May 11 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
- May 12 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
- May 13 - Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
- May 14
- Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
- Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
- May 22
- Hergé, Belgian comics author (d. 1983)
- Lord Laurence Olivier, Prolific English actor of stage and screen and director (d. 1989)
- May 25 - U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
- May 26
- John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
- Rachel Carson, American environmental writer (d. 1964)
- May 30 - Elly Beinhorn, German pilot
- June 14
- Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d. 1978)
- René Char, French poet (d. 1988)
- June 19 - Clarence Wiseman, Salvation Army general (d. 1985)
- June 23 - James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- June 25 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)
- June 28 Franciszka Themerson, Polish, later British, artist and film-maker (d. 1989)
[edit] July-August
- July 6 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- July 7 - Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction author (d. 1988)
- July 16
- Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
- Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (d. 1995)
- July 19 - Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (d. 2001)
- July 27
- Richard Beesly, British Olympic gold medal rower (d. 1965)
- Ross Alexander, American actor (d. 1937)
- August 2 - Mary Hamman, American writer and editor, modern living editor LIFE and eidtor in chief Bride & Home (d. 1984)
- August 7 - Albert Kotin, American abstract expressionist painter (d. 1980)
- August 8 - Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003)
- August 12 - Joe Besser, American comedian (d. 1988)
- August 13 - Viscount William Waldorf Astor, British politician (d. 1966)
- August 31 - Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician
[edit] September-October
- September 3 - Loren Eiseley, Nebraska author, USA (d. 1977)
- September 12
- Spud Chandler, baseball player (d. 1990)
- Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet (d. 1963)
- September 15 - Fay Wray, Canadian-born actress (d. 2004)
- September 18
- Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
- Edwin McMillan, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
- September 23 - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Pretender to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976)
- September 26 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
- September 27 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (d. 2003)
- September 29 - Gene Autry, American actor (d. 1998)
- October 2
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
- Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize luarete (d. 1997)
- October 4 - Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul
- October 5 - Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
- October 9 - Lord Hailsham, British politician (d. 2001)
- October 15 - Varian Fry, American journalist and rescuer (d. 1967)
- October 19 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962)
- October 22 - Jimmie Foxx, baseball player (d. 1967)
- October 28 - John Harold Hewitt, Irish poet (d. 1987)
- October 30 - Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)
[edit] November-December
- November 14
- Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
- Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's writer (d. 2002)
- William Steig, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
- November 16 - Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
- November 18 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
- November 26 - Ruth Patrick, botanist
- November 27 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (d. 2000)
- November 28 - Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (d. 1990)
- November 30 - Jacques Barzun, French born historian
- December 10 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
- December 12 - Roy Douglas, British composer
- December 15 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect
- December 19 - Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-born boxer (d. 2004)
- December 22 - Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (d. 1991)
- December 23 - James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (d. 1991)
- December 25 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
- December 27 - Johann Wilhelm Trollmann, German boxer (d. 1943)
- date unknown
- Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (d. 1973)
- Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (d. 1998)
- probable - Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January - June
- January 14 - Hermann Iseke, doctor (b. 1856)
- January 31 - Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)
- February 2 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
- February 16
- Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
- Clémentine of Orléans, daughter of King Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1817)
- February 20 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- February 26 - C. W. Alcock, English footballer, journalist, and football promoter (b. 1842)
- March 10 - George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist (b. 1836)
- March 11 - Jean Casimir-Perier, President of France (b. 1847)
- March 19 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (b. 1836)
- March 23 - Konstantin Pobedonostsev, statesman (b. 1827)
- May 12 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
- May 26 - Ida Saxton McKinley, former U.S. First Lady & widow of President William McKinley (b. 1847)
- June 6 - J. A. Chatwin, architect (b. 1830)
- June 25 - John Hall, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
[edit] July - December
- July 13 - Heinrich Kreutz, astronomer (b. 1854)
- August - Dinqinesh Mercha, empress consort of Ethiopia (b. 1815)
- August 15 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
- August 16 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
- August 25 - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, British poet and novelist (b. 1861)
- August 30 - Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian writer and saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church (b. 1837)
- September 4 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
- September 6 - Sully Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
- September 19 - Jakobus Morenga, Namibian rebel leader (b. c. 1875)
- November 16 - Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
- November 28 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish writer, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
- December 8 - King Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
- December 15 - Carola of Vasa, queen consort of Saxony (b. 1833)
- December 17 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
- December 21 - Klara Hitler, mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860)
[edit] Nobel prizes
- Physics - Albert Abraham Michelson
- Chemistry - Eduard Buchner
- Medicine - Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
- Literature - Rudyard Kipling ("in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author").
- Peace - Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Louis Renault
[edit] See also
- Federal Reserve System - circa 1907.
[edit] Notes
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