What Happened In 1907 - Historical Events 1907
USING OUR SERVICES YOU AGREE TO OUR USE OF COOKIES
 

What Happened In History Year 1907

Historical Events for the Year 1907

  • 6th January » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome called Rome, Italy.
  • 14th January » An 1907 Kingston earthquake known as earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
  • 26th January » The Lee-Enfield called Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use.
  • 29th January » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American United States Senate or U.S. Senator.
  • 24th March » The first issue of the Georgia (country) called Georgian Bolshevik newspaper 'Dro (Georgian newspaper) named Dro' is published.
  • 15th April » Triangle Fraternity was founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • 17th April » The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
  • 24th April » Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened.
  • 30th April » Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
  • 11th May » Thirty-two Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California.
  • 23rd May » The Unicameralism named unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
  • 27th May » Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
  • 28th May » The first Isle of Man TT race was held.
  • 11th June » George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
  • 26th June » The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi.
  • 7th July » Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Ziegfeld Follies e.g Follies on the roof of the Bowery Theatre known as New York Theater in New York City.
  • 21st July » The passenger steamer SS Columbia (1880) called SS 'Columbia' collides with the steam schooner 'San Pedro' off Shelter Cove, California, causing the 'Columbia' to sink killing 88 people.
  • 29th July » Sir Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell called Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scout
  • 1st August » The start of the Brownsea Island Scout camp called first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • 3rd August » Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis fines Amoco called Standard Oil of Indiana a record $29.4 million for illegal rebating to freight carriers; the conviction and fine are later reversed on appeal.
  • 9th August » The first Boy Scout Brownsea Island Scout camp e.g encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • 15th August » Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Eastern Orthodox Church called Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • 17th August » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle e.g Seattle, Washington, opened.
  • 29th August » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • 31st August » Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock Arthur Nicolson sign the Anglo-Russian Entente St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente military alliance alliance.
  • 26th September » New Zealand and Dominion of Newfoundland named Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire.
  • 29th September » The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
  • 30th September » McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • 9th October » Las Cruces, New Mexico is incorporated.
  • 22nd October » Panic of 1907: A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will lead to a depression (economics) known as depression.
  • 27th October » Černová massacre: Fifteen people are killed in the Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen known as Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. This would led to protests over the treatment of minor
  • 7th November » Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
  • 7th November » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García called Nacozari de Garcia, Sonora by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • 9th November » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to Edward VII of the United Kingdom or King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • 16th November » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
  • 28th November » In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
  • 6th December » A Monongah Mining disaster called coal mine explosion at Monongah, West Virginia, kills 362 workers.
  • 8th December » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Monarchy of Sweden e.g Swedish throne.
  • 10th December » The worst night of the Brown Dog affair called Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • 11th December » The New Zealand Parliament Buildings are almost completely destroyed by fire.
  • 17th December » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan
  • 19th December » 239 coal miners die in a mine explosion in Jacobs Creek (Pennsylvania) named Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania.
  • 21st December » The Chilean Army Santa María School massacre e.g commits a massacre of at least 2,000 striking Sodium nitrate e.g saltpeter miners in Iquique, Chile.

Historical events for the year 1907 by month