Editing 1907 (section)

=== 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>