1907 - What happened in 1907 ?

January 1907

Sunday 06:

Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome.

Monday 14:

An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.

Wednesday 23:

Charles Curtis from Kansas, becomes the first Native American US Senator.

March 1907

Tuesday 05:

The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.

May 1907

Monday 27:

A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California.

June 1907

Saturday 01:

Cricket: Colin Blythe takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against Northamptonshire at Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded either for a county cricket match or a single day's bowling, and not bettered in first-class cricket until 1956.

Wednesday 05:

BAPS Swaminarayan religion established.

Tuesday 11:

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

July 1907

Thursday 25:

Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan.

Monday 29:

Sir Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scouts with the first scout camp at Brownsea Island.

August 1907

Thursday 01:

First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island.

Thursday 29:

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

Saturday 31:

England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente alliance.

September 1907

Thursday 26:

New Zealand and Newfoundland each becomes a dominion of the British Empire.

Sunday 29:

The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.

October 1907

Monday 07:

France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane.

Tuesday 22:

Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression.

November 1907

Saturday 09:

The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.

Saturday 16:

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

Thursday 28:

In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.

December 1907

Sunday 08:

King Gustav V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.