In history, year 1907 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1907.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1907:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 06 january | Italian educator Maria Montessori opened her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, employing the philosophy of education that now bears her name. |
| 14 january | A 6.5 Mw earthquake struck Kingston, Jamaica, resulting in at least 800 deaths, which was at the time considered one of the world's deadliest earthquakes recorded in history. |
| 26 january | The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III, the second oldest military rifle still in official use, was introduced into British Military service. |
| 07 february | More than 3, 000 women in London participated in the Mud March, the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, seeking women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. |
| 17 april | Construction started on the first ship in the Minas Geraes class , making Brazil the third country in the world to build a dreadnought battleship and sparking a South American naval arms race. |
| 17 april | Brazil became the third country in the world to start construction on a dreadnought battleship, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race. |
| 28 may | The first Isle of Man TT race was held. The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) Race is an annual motor-cycle racing event held on the Isle of Man which was for many years the most prestigious motorcycle race in the world, and is reported as being the most dangerous motorcycle road-race in the world. |
| 14 june | Norway grants women the right to vote. Liberal politician Gina Krog was the leading campaigner for women's suffrage in Norway. She founded the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights and the National Association for Women's Suffrage to promote this cause. Middle class women won the right to vote in municipal elections in 1901 and parliamentary elections in 1907. |
| 01 august | Robert Baden-Powell held the first scout camp at BrownseaIsland in Dorset, England, beginning the Scouting movement. |
| 15 august | Jamaican American Raphael Morgan was ordained as the firstBlack Orthodox clergyman in America. |
| 17 october | The first commercial wireless telegraph is sent over the Atlantic Ocean. |
| 22 october | A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company tosuspend operations, which triggered the Panic of 1907. |
| 27 october | Hungarian gendarmes fired into a crowd of people gathering forthe consecration of the local church in Csernova (now Ružomberok,Slovakia), killing fifteen people. |
| 06 december | At least 362 miners were killed when an explosion destroyed amine in Monongah, West Virginia, leading to the establishment of the United States Bureau of Mines. |
| 10 december | During the Brown Dog affair, about 1,000 protesters marched through London and then clashed with 400 police officers in Trafalgar Square over the existence of a memorial for animals which had been vivisected. |
| 31 december | Times Square in New York City held its first New Year's Eve Celebration with the ball drop. |
| 07 May | The first electric tram car was run in Bombay (present day Mumbai). |
| 31 May | Taxi service was introduced for the first time in New York City, USA. |
| 14 June | Women got the right to vote in Norway. |
| 19 September | Artificial oil was first manufactured in history. This new material was invented by Scottish chemist James Yang. |
| 26 September | New Zealand declared its independence. |
| 28 September | The famous Indian freedom fighter Sardar Bhagat Singh was born at the age of 23 years. |
| 16 November | Oklahoma was recognized as the 46th state in the United States. |
| 27 November | India's famous poet and writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan was born in Allahabad city in Uttar Pradesh. |
| 06 December | The first incident of dacoity related to India's freedom struggle occurred at Chingaripota railway station. |
| 11 December | The New Zealand parliament was completely destroyed by the fire. |
| 17 December | Ugyen Wangchuk became the first hereditary king of Bhutan. |
| 19 December | The explosion in the coal mine at Jacobs Creek in the US state of Pennsylvania killed 239 workers. |
| 14 January | More than 1000 people died in the devastating earthquake in Kingston, the capital of the Caribbean country of Jamaica. |
| 19 January | Eminent music composer Aminullah Hussain of Iran was born into an Iranian family in Turkmenistan. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1907:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 November | Maxie Rosenbloom / Boxer / United States of America |
| 02 August | Mary Hamman / Author / United States of America |
| 02 June | John Lehmann / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 04 June | Jacques Roumain / Politician / Haiti |
| 04 October | Alain Daniélou / Academic / France |
| 10 August | Su Yu / Politician / China |
| 12 August | Benjamin Sheares / Politician / Singapore |
| 15 February | Jean Langlais / Composer / France |
| 16 May | Bob Tisdall / Hurdler / Ireland |
| 19 October | Roger Wolfe Kahn / Composer / United States of America |
| 20 June | Jimmy Driftwood / Writer / United States of America |
| 23 December | James Roosevelt / Politician / United States of America |
| 23 January | Hideki Yukawa / Physicist / Japan |
| 24 March | Paul Sauvé / Politician / Canada |
| 27 May | Rachel Carson / Biologist / United States of America |
| 27 December | Conrad L. Raiford / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 28 October | John Hewitt / Poet / Ireland |
| 29 September | Gene Autry / Actor / United States of America |
| 30 June | Roman Shukhevych / Politician / Ukraine |
| 30 August | John Mauchly / Physicist / United States of America |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1907:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 28 September | Bhagat Singh / Activist / India |
| 28 September | Shaheed Bhagat Singh / Freedom Fighter / India |
| 27 November | Harivansh Rai Bachchan / Writer / India |
| 15 May | Sukhdev Thapar / Activist / India |
| NA NA | Nana Palsikar / Actor / India |
| 19 August | Acharya Hajari Prasad Dwivedi / Writer / India |
| 15 May | Sukhdev Thapar / Freedom Fighter / India |
| 01 April | Shivakumara Swami / Religious Leader / India |
| 19 August | Hazari Prasad Dwivedi / Author / India |
| 02 April | Gajanan Jagirdar / Actor / India |
| 04 August | Sachindra Lal Singh / Politician / India |
| 19 August | Swaran Singh / Politician / India |
| 27 November | Harivansh Rai Bachchan / Poet / India |
| NA NA | Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad / Politician / India |
| 21 August | P. Jeevanandham / Politician / India |
| 26 March | Mahadevi Varma / Poet / India |
| 05 August | Bezawada Gopala Reddy / Politician / India |
| 26 March | Mahadevi Verma / Author / India |
