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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).

Events of 1907

January–April

• 6 January – The first Montessori school and daycare center for working class children opens in Rome.
• 14 January – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.

January 14: Earthquake in Jamaica.

• March – The 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt results in possibly as many as 11,000 deaths.
• 5 March – At the opening of the new State Duma in St. Petersburg, Russia 40,000 demonstrators are dispersed by Russian troops.
• 15 – 16 March – Parliamentary elections in Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied.
• 22 March 22 – The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London.

May–August

• 15 June – The Second Hague Peace Conference is held.
• 25 July – Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.
• 1 – 9 August – Robert Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, England.
• 31 August – Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the establishment of the Triple Entente.

September–December

• 7 September – The passenger liner RMS Lusitania makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
• 26 September – New Zealand and Newfoundland become dominions.
• October – A committee of the Delegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language, made up of academics including Otto Jespersen, Wilhelm Ostwald and Roland Eotvos meet in Paris to select a language for international use. The committee ultimately decides to reform Esperanto.
• 17 October – Guglielmo Marconi initiates commercial transatlantic radio communications between his high power longwave wireless telegraphy stations in Clifden Ireland and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
• 18 October – Hague Convention revised by (second) Hague Peace Conference (effective 26 Jan 1910).
• 27 October – Černová tragedy: Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of the Catholic Church in Slovakia.
• November – The new & largest passenger liner RMS Mauretania makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York City.
• 6 December – Monongah Mining Disaster: A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers in Monongah, West Virginia, United Stets..
• 19 December – An explosion in a coal mine in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania kills 239.

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 commercial colour photography process.
• The Moine Thrust Belt in Scotland becomes the first thrust belt to be discovered in the world.

Ongoing

• Herero and Namaqua Genocide in German South-West Africa (modern Namibia).

Births

January–February

• January 2 – Ray Milland, Welsh actor (d. 1986)
• January 12 – Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
• January 18 – Lina Haag, German WWII resistance fighter
• January 20 – Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
• January 22 – Dixie Dean, English football player (d. 1980)
• January 23 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
• February 1 – Günter Eich, German writer (d. 1972)
• February 5 – Pierre Pflimlin, French politician (d. 2000)
• February 12 – Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (d. 1991)
• February 13 – Katy de la Cruz, Filipino singer (d. 2004)
• 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 (d. 2008)
• 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 25 – Kathryn Wasserman Davis, American philanthropist
• February 27 – Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)

March–April

• March 8 – Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (d. 1998)
• March 9 – Mircea Eliade, Romanian religious historian and writer (d. 1986)
• March 12
  • Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
  • Arthur Hewlett, British actor (d. 1997)
• March 15 – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
• March 16 – Hans Kleppen, Norwegian ski jumper (d. 2009)
• March 18 – John Zachary Young, English biologist (d. 1997)
• March 22 – Lucia dos Santos, Portuguese nun and visionary (d. 2005)
• March 23 – Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• March 29 – "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
• March 30 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe officer (d. 1994)
• April 1 – Dr. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji, Indian born social reformer
• April 11 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (d. 2001)
• April 12 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
• April 13 – Harold Stassen, American politician (d. 2001)
• April 15 – Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
• April 18 – Bert Hazell, British politician (d. 2009)
• April 21 – Wade Mainer, American singer and banjoist
• 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)

May–June

• May 1 – Oliver Hill, American lawyer (d. 2007)
• May 2 – Pinky Lee, American comedian (d. 1993)
• May 3 – Dorothy Young, American entertainer
• 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, English stage and screen actor 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 (d. 2007)
  • Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. 2008)
• June 1 – Frank Whittle, British jet engine developer (d. 1996)
• 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 24 – Jean Schlumberger (jewelry designer) (d. 1987)
• June 25 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• June 28 Franciszka Themerson, Polish, later British, artist and filmmaker (d. 1989)

July–August

• July 6 – Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
• July 7 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction author (d. 1988)
• July 15 – Yang Shangkun, President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1998)
• July 16
  • Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
  • Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and popcorn businessman (d. 1995)
• July 19 – Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (d. 2001)
• July 22 – Zubir Said, Singaporean composer of Singapore's national anthem (d. 1987)
• 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 (d. 1984)
• August 7 – Albert Kotin, American 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 21 – Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (d. 2007)
• August 24 – Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect
• August 31 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (d. 2007)

September–October

• September 2 – Evelyn Hooker, American psychologist (d. 1996)
  • Miriam Seegar, American actress
• September 3 – Loren Eiseley, American author (d. 1977)
• September 4 – Frances Griffiths, Cottingley Fairies girl (d. 1986)
• September 12
  • Spud Chandler, American baseball player (d. 1990)
  • Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet (d. 1963)
• September 15
  • Jimmy Wallington, American radio personality (d. 1972)
  • 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, singer, and businessman (d. 1998)
  • George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)
• October 1 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer (d. 1977)
• October 2
  • Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
  • Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• October 5 – Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
• October 6 – Francisco Gabilondo Soler, (d. 1990)
• 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 28 – John Hewitt, Irish poet (d. 1987)
• October 30 – Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)

November–December

• November 4 – Draga Matkovic, German concert pianist
• November 10 – John Moore, British author (d. 1967)
• November 14
  • Howard W. Hunter, American religious leader (d. 1995)
  • Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's writer (d. 2002)
  • William Steig, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
• November 15 – Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat and military officer (d. 1944)
• November 16 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
• November 18 – Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (d. 2003)
• November 18 – Gustav Nezval, Czech actor (d. 1998)
• November 23 – Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul
• November 26 – Ruth Patrick, American 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)
  • Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Egyptian singer and composer (d. 1991)
  • Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (d. 1998)
• probable – Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)

Deaths

January–June

• January 13 – Jakob Hurt, Estonian folklorist, theologian, and linguist (b. 1839)
• January 14 – Hermann Iseke, German doctor (b. 1856)
• January 21 – Bertram Fletcher Robinson, English journalist, editor and author (b. 1870)
• 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 laureate (b. 1835)
  • Clémentine of Orléans, daughter of King Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1817)
• February 20 – Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel 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)
• March 25 – Ernst von Bergmann, Baltic German surgeon (b. 1836)
• April 23 – Alferd Packer, American cannibal (b. 1842)
• May 12 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
• May 26 – Ida Saxton McKinley, American First Lady (b. 1847)
• June 6 – J. A. Chatwin, English architect (b. 1830)
• June 25 – John Hall, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)

July–December

• July 13 – Heinrich Kreutz, astronomer (b. 1854)
• August – Dinqinesh Mercha, empress consort of Ethiopia (b. 1815)
• August 3 – Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Irish-American Beaux-Arts sculptor (b. 1848)
• 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)
  • Richard Mansfield, Anglo-American actor (b. 1857)
• September 4 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
• September 6 – Sully Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• September 9 – Ernest Roland Wilberforce, English bishop (b. 1840)
• September 19 – Jacob 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, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics – Albert Abraham Michelson
• Chemistry – Eduard Buchner
• Medicine – Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
• Literature – Rudyard Kipling
• Peace – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Louis Renault

Notes and references

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