1907

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Years:
1904 1905 1906 - 1907(MCMVII) - 1908 1909 1910

Decades:
1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s

Centuries:
19th century - 20th century - 21st century

1907 by topic:
Arts	Architecture - Art - Film - Literature - Music - Television
Science and technology	Archaeology - Aviation - Rail transport - Radio - Science
Countries	Australia - Canada - India - Ireland - South Africa
Other	Births - Deaths - Sport - State leaders - Religious leaders - Video gaming

1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).

Events

January

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

February 22 - Scouting is founded by Robert Baden-Powell in the United Kingdom.

March

March 5 - The new Duma is opened in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators had to be dispersed by Russian troops.
March 18 - Train robbery in Sweden (first and only as of 2004)
March 22 - The first cabs with taxi meters began operating in London.

May

May 8 - Mount Peleé erupts
May 27 - A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.

June

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 religion established.
June 11 - George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.

July

July 6 - Guardians of Irish Crown Jewels notice that they have been stolen
July 25 - Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.

August

August 1-9 - Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, England.
August 31 - Formation of the Anglo-Russian Entente.

September

September 26 - New Zealand and Newfoundland become a dominion.

November

November 16 - Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory become Oklahoma and are admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

December

December 19 - Explosion in coal mine in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania - 239 dead

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.
Herero Wars end
French warship Jena explodes - 117 dead
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 first non-profit school in California is created, Polytechnic School.
The Lockport Powerhouse is built.

Births

January-March

January 3 - Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
January 20 - Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
January 20 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
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)
February 15 - Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
February 17 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
February 21 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973)
February 22 - Sheldon Leonard, American actor, writer, director, and producer (d. 1997)
February 22 - Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998)
February 27 - Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
March 13 - Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Braganca, claimant to the Portuguese throne (d. 1995)
March 8 - Constantine Caramanlis, Greek politician (d. 1998)
March 15 - Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
March 22 - Lucia dos Santos, Spanish nun and visionary (d. 2005)

April-June

April 12 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
April 13 - Harold Stassen, American politician (d. 2001)
April 23 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)
April 24 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
April 29 - Tino Rossi, French singer (d. 1983)
April 29 - Fred Zinnemann, Austrian director (d. 1997)
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)
May 22 - Hergé, Belgian comics author (d. 1983)
May 22 - Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor and director (d. 1989)
May 26 - John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
May 26 - Rachel Carson, American environmental writer (d. 1964)
May 30 - Elly Beinhorn, German pilot
June 14 - René Char, French poet (d. 1988)
June 23 - James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
June 25 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)

July-September

July 6 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
July 7 - Robert Heinlein, American science fiction author (d. 1988)
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)
September 12 - Spud Chandler, baseball player (d. 1990)
September 15 - Fay Wray, Canadian-born actress (d. 2004)
September 18 - Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
September 18 - Edwin McMillan, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
September 27 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (d. 2003)
September 29 - Gene Autry, American actor (d. 1998)

October-December

October 2 - Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize luarete (d. 1997)
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)
November 14 - Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
November 14 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's writer (d. 2002)
November 14 - 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 28 - Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (d. 1990)
December 10 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
December 19 - Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-born boxer (d. 2004)
December 22 - Dame Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (d. 1991)
December 23 - James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (d. 1991)
December 27 - Johann Wilhelm Trollmann, German boxer (d. 1943)

Undated

Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (d. 1973)
Ismail Nasiruddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (d. 1998)

Deaths

January 31 - Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)
February 2 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
February 16 - Giosue Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
February 16 - 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 19 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (b. 1836)
May 12 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
August 15 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
August 16 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
September 4 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
September 6 - Sully Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
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 17 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist and engineer (b. 1824)

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