Editing 1907 (section)

== Events ==

=== January ===
[[File:Kingston.png|thumb|200px|[[January 14]]: Earthquake in [[Jamaica]]]]
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[1907 Kingston earthquake]]: A 6.5 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]] [[earthquake]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica]], kills between 800 and 1,000.

=== February ===
* [[February 9]] &ndash; The "[[Mud March (suffragists)|Mud March]]", the first large procession organised by The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies ([[NUWSS]]), takes place in [[London]]. 
* [[February 11]] &ndash; The French warship [[French cruiser Jean Bart (1886)|''Jean Bart'']] sinks off the coast of [[Morocco]].
* [[February 12]] &ndash; The steamship ''Larchmont'' collides with the ''Harry Hamilton'' in [[Long Island Sound]]; 183 lives are lost.
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[SKF]], a worldwide mechanical parts manufacturing brand (mainly, [[Bearing (mechanical)|bearing]]s and [[Seal (mechanical)|seal]]s), is founded in [[Gothenburg]], Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SKF|url=https://www.skf.com/us/organisation/about-skf/history-timeline|access-date=2022-01-30|website=www.skf.com|archive-date=January 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130205529/https://www.skf.com/us/organisation/about-skf/history-timeline|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 21]] &ndash; The English mail steamship ''Berlin'' is wrecked off the [[Hook of Holland]]; 142 lives are lost. 
* [[February 24]] &ndash; The Austrian Lloyd steamship ''Imperatrix'', from [[Trieste]] to [[Bombay]], is wrecked on Cape of Crete and sinks; 137 lives are lost.

===March===
* [[March]]
** The steamship ''Congo'' collides at the mouth of the Ems River with the German steamship ''Nerissa''; 7 lives are lost. 
** The [[1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt]] results in possibly as many as 11,000 deaths.
** The ''[[Diamond Sutra|Diamond Sūtra]]'', a [[Woodblock printing|woodblock printed]] Buddhist scripture dated [[868]], is discovered by [[Aurel Stein]] in the [[Mogao Caves]] in China; it is "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/diamondsutra.html |title=Sacred Texts: Diamond Sutra |publisher=[[British Library]] |date=2003-11-30 |access-date=2012-06-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110093610/http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/sacredtexts/diamondsutra.html |archive-date=November 10, 2013 }}</ref>
** [[Pablo Picasso]] completes his painting ''Les Demoiselles d'Avignon''.
* [[March 5]] &ndash; At the opening of the new [[State Duma (Russian Empire)#Second Duma|State Duma]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], Russia, 40,000 demonstrators are dispersed by Russian troops.
* [[March 11]] &ndash; The [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]], [[Dimitar Petkov]], is assassinated by an anarchist in [[Sofia]].
* [[March 15]]&ndash;[[March 16|16]] &ndash; [[1907 Finnish parliamentary election|Elections]] to the new [[Parliament of Finland]] are the first in the world for a national assembly with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where [[universal suffrage]] is applied; 19 women are elected.
* [[March 22]] &ndash; The first [[taxicab]]s with [[taximeter]]s begin operating in London.
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The first university sports federation in Europe is established in Hungary, with the participation or support of the associations of ten universities and colleges.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.posta.hu/stamps/stamps/2011_2006/2007/the_hungarian_university_sports_federation_is_100_years_old|title=Magyar Posta Zrt. - 404-es hiba, az oldal nem található!|website=www.posta.hu|access-date=July 26, 2016|archive-date=September 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917032930/https://www.posta.hu/stamps/stamps/2011_2006/2007/the_hungarian_university_sports_federation_is_100_years_old|url-status=live}}</ref>
* c. [[March 28]] &ndash; The volcano [[Ksudach]] [[Volcanic eruption|erupts]], in the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]].

=== April ===
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Hershey Park]] opens in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania]].
* [[April 17]]
** The first [[Minas Geraes-class battleship|''Minas Geraes''-class battleship]] is [[Keel laying|laid down]] for [[Brazil]], by [[Armstrong Whitworth]] on the [[River Tyne]], in England, triggering the [[South American dreadnought race]].
** Today is the all-time busiest day of immigration to the [[United States]] through [[Ellis Island]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statueofliberty.org/ellis-island/|title=Ellis Island|date=February 4, 2020|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-date=June 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629161901/http://www.ellisisland.org/genealogy/ellis_island_timeline.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> this will be the busiest year ever seen here, with 1.1&nbsp;million immigrants arriving.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ellis-island-closes|title=Ellis Island closes|publisher=History.com|work=This Day in History|date=1954-12-11|access-date=June 6, 2020|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606211928/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ellis-island-closes|url-status=live}}<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
* [[April 24]] &ndash; [[Al Ahly SC]] is founded in [[Cairo]] by Omar Lotfi, as a gathering place for Egyptian [[students' union]]s in the struggle against [[colonization]]; it is the first [[association football]] club officially founded in [[Egypt]] or [[Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=2/news=ahly-spirit-success-1031856.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202072543/http://www.fifa.com/news/y=2009/m=2/news=ahly-spirit-success-1031856.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2016|title=Al Ahly: Spirit of success|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=2009-02-25|access-date=2017-02-25}}</ref>

=== May ===
* [[May 13]] &ndash; The [[5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] convenes in secret in [[London]].

=== June ===
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Shastriji Maharaj|Shastri Yagnapurushdas]] consecrates the [[murti]]s of both [[Sahajanand swami|Sahajanand Swami]] and [[Gunatitanand Swami]] in a single central shrine, thus establishing the [[Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha]], later a [[United Nations]] affiliate organization.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Persil]] [[laundry detergent]] is first marketed by [[Henkel]] of [[Düsseldorf]], Germany, the first to combine bleach with detergent commercially.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.henkel.com/about-henkel/2006-18539-100-years-of-persil-11029.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214101029/http://www.henkel.com/about-henkel/2006-18539-100-years-of-persil-11029.htm|archive-date=2010-12-14|title=100 Years of Persil|publisher=Henkel AG|date=2006-12-22|access-date=2016-09-17}}</ref>
* [[June 10]]&ndash;[[August 10]] &ndash; The [[Peking to Paris]] motor race is won by [[Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona|Prince Scipione Borghese]], driving a 7-litre 35/45&nbsp;hp [[Itala (company)|Itala]].
* [[June 15]] &ndash; The [[Second Hague Peace Conference]] opens at [[The Hague]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; The [[London Underground]]'s [[Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway]] opens.
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[1907 Tiflis bank robbery|Tiflis bank robbery]]: [[Bolsheviks]] attack a cash-filled bank coach in the centre of [[Tbilisi|Tiflis]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], killing 40 people.

=== July ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; The [[Orange River Colony]] gains autonomy, as the [[Orange Free State (province)|Orange Free State]].
* [[July 6]] &ndash; Guardians of the [[Irish Crown Jewels]] notice that they have been stolen.
* [[July 15]] &ndash; The [[London Electrobus Company]] starts running the first ever service of [[battery-electric bus]]es between London's Victoria Station and [[Liverpool Street station|Liverpool Street]].
* [[July 21]] &ndash; The {{SS|Columbia|1880|6}} sinks after colliding with the [[lumber]] [[schooner]] ''San Pedro'', off [[Shelter Cove, California]], resulting in 88 deaths.
* [[July 24]] &ndash; The [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1907]] brings the government and military of the [[protectorate]] of [[Korean Empire|Korea]] more firmly under [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]ese control.

=== August ===
* [[August 24]]&ndash;[[August 31|31]] &ndash; The [[International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam]] meets in the [[Netherlands]].
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] is founded by [[James E. Casey|James E. (Jim) Casey]] in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]].
* [[August 29]] &ndash; The partially completed [[superstructure]] of the [[Quebec Bridge]] collapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.
* [[August 31]] &ndash; Count [[Alexander Izvolsky]] and Sir [[Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock|Arthur Nicolson]] sign the [[Anglo-Russian Entente]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], bringing a pause in [[The Great Game]] in Central Asia, and establishing the [[Triple Entente]].

=== September ===
* [[September 7]] &ndash; British [[Cunard Line]] passenger [[Ocean liner|liner]] {{RMS|Lusitania}} sets out on her maiden voyage, from [[Liverpool]] (England) to New York City.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius X]] promulgates the [[encyclical]] ''[[Pascendi Dominici gregis]]'', opposing [[modernism in the Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_x/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-x_enc_19070908_pascendi-dominici-gregis_en.html|title=Pascendi Dominici gregis|publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana}}</ref>
* [[September 22]] – [[Uruguay]] abolishes [[capital punishment]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vincent |first=Benjamin |title=Hayd's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |year=1911 |edition=25th |location=New York |pages=1460}}</ref>
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Dominion of New Zealand|New Zealand]] and [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] become [[dominion]]s of the British Empire.

=== October ===
* [[October]] &ndash; A committee of the [[Delegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language]], made up of academics including [[Otto Jespersen]], [[Wilhelm Ostwald]] and [[Roland Eötvös]], meet in Paris to select a [[international auxiliary language|language for international use]]. The committee ultimately decides to reform [[Esperanto]].
* [[October 6]] &ndash; The [[Deutscher Werkbund]] is founded in [[Germany]]. This organization aims to bring together [[artists]], [[architects]] and [[industrialists]] to promote the integration of art and [[Industry (economics)|industry]] for the betterment of [[society]] and plays a significant role in the development of modern industrial design in Germany.<ref>{{cite book|first=Tim|last=Kirk|title=Cassell's Dictionary of Modern German History|location=London|year=2002|page=421}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Edvard Grieg]]'s ''[[Olaf Trygvason]]'', his only opera, is produced posthumously in Christiania, [[Norway]].
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Guglielmo Marconi]] initiates commercial transatlantic [[radio]] communications between his high power [[longwave]] wireless telegraphy stations in [[Clifden]], Ireland, and [[Glace Bay, Nova Scotia]].
* [[October 18]] &ndash; The [[Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907)|Hague Convention]] is revised by the (second) [[Hague Peace Conference]] (effective [[26 January]] [[1910]]), focussing on naval warfare.
* [[October 24]] &ndash; A major [[United States]] 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]].<ref>See also [[Federal Reserve System]].</ref>
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Černová massacre]]: Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of a Catholic church in Hungary (modern-day [[Slovakia]]).
* [[October 31]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Finland]] approves the [[Prohibition#Nordic countries|Prohibition Act]], but the law is not implemented because it is not ratified by Grand Duke [[Nicholas II]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Viljo |last=Hytönen |title=Suomen raittiusliikkeen historia |pages=266–267 |publisher=[[Bonnier Group|WSOY]] |location=[[Porvoo]] |year=1930 |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Vihtori |last=Karpio |title=Raittiuden ystävät 1883–1933 |pages=154, 157, 400, 403 |publisher=[[Gummerus]] |location=[[Jyväskylä]] |year=1938 |language=fi}}</ref>

=== November ===
* [[November 4]] &ndash; Russian immigrant bakers Perry and Ben Feigenson in Detroit begin transforming their cake frosting flavors into The Feigenson Brothers Bottling Works soft drink recipe, later shortened to [[Faygo]].
* [[November 16]]
** British Cunard Line passenger liner [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS ''Mauretania'']], the world's largest and fastest at this date, sets out on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York.
** President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] proclaims that [[Oklahoma]] has become the 46th [[U.S. state]].
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Washington State College]] defeats the [[University of Washington]] 10-5 in the [[Apple Cup]] in college football, played in [[Seattle]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-9gUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7MADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6333,841575&hl=en |title=The Spokesman-Review |website=Google News Archive |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325131809/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-9gUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7MADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6333,841575&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 25]]
** The [[Church of God in Christ]], which becomes the fifth-largest [[African Americans|African-American]] [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]-[[Holiness movement|Holiness]] [[Christian denomination]] in the United States, is founded by Bishop [[Charles Harrison Mason]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
** [[Edeka]], a major [[retail]]ing group in [[Europe]], is founded as a purchasing cooperative in Germany.{{citation needed|date=September 2022}}

=== December ===
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Monongah Mining disaster]]: A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers in [[Monongah, West Virginia]].
* [[December 8]] &ndash; Upon the death of [[Oscar II of Sweden|Oscar II]], he is succeeded by his son [[Gustaf V of Sweden|Gustaf V]], as [[Monarchy of Sweden|king]] of [[Sweden]].
* [[December 14]] &ndash; The largest sailing ship ever built, the 7-masted U.S.-owned ''[[Thomas W. Lawson (ship)|Thomas W. Lawson]]'', is wrecked in the [[Isles of Scilly]].
* [[December 16]] &ndash; The American [[Great White Fleet]] begins its circumnavigation of the world.
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Ugyen Wangchuck]] becomes the first ''[[Druk Gyalpo]]'' (king of [[Bhutan]]).
* [[December 19]] &ndash; An explosion in a coal mine in [[Jacobs Creek (Pennsylvania)|Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania]] kills 239.
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Santa María School massacre]]: In [[Chile]], soldiers fire at striking mineworkers gathered in the Santa María School in [[Iquique]]; over 2,000 are killed.
* [[December 31]] &ndash; The first ever "[[Times Square Ball|ball drop]]" is held in [[Times Square]], in [[New York City]].

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* [[Indiana]], in the United States, becomes the world's first legislature to place laws permitting [[compulsory sterilization]] for [[Eugenics in the United States|eugenic]] purposes on the statute book.
* The [[triode]] thermionic amplifier invented by [[Lee de Forest]], starting the development of [[electronics]] as a practical technology.
* The ''[[Autochrome Lumière]]'' is the first commercial [[color photography]] process.
* James Murray Spangler invents the first [[The Hoover Company|Hoover]] [[vacuum cleaner]].
* The [[Moine Thrust Belt]] in Scotland is identified, one of the first to be discovered anywhere.<ref>{{cite book|author=Peach, B. N.|author-link=Ben Peach|title=The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland|series=Memoirs of the [[Geological Survey of Great Britain]], Scotland|location=Glasgow|publisher=H.M.S.O|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
* The ''[[Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret]]'', a Danish national association for [[women's suffrage]], is founded. 
* ''[[Anino ng Kahapon]]'', a [[Tagalog-language]] novel is published.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://koha.nlp.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=423697 | title = Anino ng kahapon | language = Tagalog | last = Laksamana | first = Francisco | publisher = National Library of the Philippines | accessdate = July 3, 2011 | archive-date = March 17, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120317120853/http://koha.nlp.gov.ph/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=423697 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[Henri Matisse]] begins to teach at the [[Académie Matisse]] in Paris, a private and non-commercial [[art school]].
* A statue of [[J. E. B. Stuart]], Confederate general, is dedicated on [[Richmond, Virginia]]'s [[Monument Avenue]].
* ''[[Staviteľský robotník]]'', a Slovak language biweekly newspaper, ends publication.<ref name=p4>Ondrej Pavlík. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zJ0bAQAAMAAJ Pedagogická encyklopédia Slovenska, Volume 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002175755/https://books.google.com/books?id=zJ0bAQAAMAAJ |date=October 2, 2023 }}''. Veda, 1984. p. 646</ref>