1907 (MCMVII ) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar , the 1907th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 907th year of the 2nd millennium , the 7th year of the 20th century , and the 8th year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1907, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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October
October – 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 language for international use . The committee ultimately decides to reform Esperanto .
October 6 – 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 for the betterment of society and plays a significant role in the development of modern industrial design in Germany.[9]
October 8 – Edvard Grieg 's Olaf Trygvason , his only opera, is produced posthumously in Christiania, Norway .
October 17 – 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 – The Hague Convention is revised by the (second) Hague Peace Conference (effective 26 January 1910 ), focussing on naval warfare.
October 24 – 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 .[10]
October 27 – Černová massacre : Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of a Catholic church in Hungary (modern-day Slovakia ).
October 31 – The Parliament of Finland approves the Prohibition Act , but the law is not implemented because it is not ratified by Grand Duke Nicholas II .[11] [12]
Date unknown
Indiana , in the United States, becomes the world's first legislature to place laws permitting compulsory sterilization for 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 Hoover vacuum cleaner .
The Moine Thrust Belt in Scotland is identified, one of the first to be discovered anywhere.[14]
The Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret , a Danish national association for women's suffrage , is founded.
Anino ng Kahapon , a Tagalog-language novel is published.[15]
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.[16]
January
Ray Milland
Pierre Mendès France
January 1 – Aftab Ali , Bengali politician, social reformer (d. 1972 )
January 3 – Ray Milland , Welsh actor, film director (d. 1986 )
January 5 – Volmari Iso-Hollo , Finnish athlete (d. 1969 )
January 8 – Keizō Hayashi , Japanese civil servant, military official (d. 1991 )
January 11 – Pierre Mendès France , French politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982 )
January 12 – Sergei Korolev , Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966 )
January 16 – Alexander Knox , Canadian actor, novelist (d. 1995 )
January 17 – Henk Badings , Dutch composer (d. 1987 )
January 18 – Lina Haag , German World War II resistance fighter (d. 2012 )
January 20
January 22 – Dixie Dean , English football player (d. 1980 )
January 23 – Hideki Yukawa , Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981 )
January 24
January 27 – Joyce Compton , American actress (d. 1997 )
January 29 – Bil Dwyer , American cartoonist and humorist (d. 1987 )
March
Konstantinos Karamanlis
March 4 – Maria Branyas Morera , Spanish supercentenarian (d. 2024 )
March 5 – Thomas McKimson , American animator (d. 1998 )
March 8 – Konstantinos Karamanlis , Greek politician (d. 1998 )
March 9 – Mircea Eliade , Romanian religious historian, writer (d. 1986 )
March 12
March 15 – Zarah Leander , Swedish actress, singer (d. 1981 )
March 16
March 17
March 18 – John Zachary Young , English biologist (d. 1997 )
March 23 – Daniel Bovet , Swiss-born scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992 )
March 27 – Mary Treen , American actress (d. 1989 )
March 28 – Lúcia Santos , Portuguese nun, visionary (d. 2005 )
March 29 – Braguinha , Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006 )
March 30 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte , German Luftwaffe officer (d. 1994 )
April
Germán Suárez Flamerich
Fred Zinnemann
April 1 – Shivakumara Swami , Hindu religious figure and humanitarian (d. 2019 )
April 5 – Sanya Dharmasakti , Thai Politician, Prime Minister (1973– 1975) (d. 2002 )
April 10
April 11
April 12 – Felix de Weldon , Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003 )
April 13 – Harold Stassen , American politician (d. 2001 )
April 14 – François Duvalier , 32nd President of Haiti (d. 1971 )
April 15 – Nikolaas Tinbergen , Dutch ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988 )
April 16 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier , Canadian inventor, founder of Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964 )
April 17 – Martii Miettunen , 2x Prime Minister of Finland (d. 2002 )
April 21 – Wade Mainer , American singer, banjoist (d. 2011 )
April 23
April 24 – William Sargant , British psychiatrist (d. 1988 )
April 26 – Ilias Tsirimokos , Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968 )
April 29
May
Katharine Hepburn
Laurence Olivier
John Wayne
May 1 – Oliver Hill , American lawyer (d. 2007 )
May 2 – Pinky Lee , American comedian (d. 1993 )
May 3 – Dorothy Young , American entertainer (d. 2011 )
May 4 – Walter Walsh , American FBI agent, Olympic shooter, and USMC instructor (d. 2014 )
May 5 – Iryna Vilde , Ukrainian writer (d. 1982 )
May 9 – Baldur von Schirach , Nazi official (d. 1974 )
May 11 – Kent Taylor , American actor (d. 1987 )
May 12 – Katharine Hepburn , American actress (d. 2003 )
May 13 – Dame Daphne du Maurier , English author (d. 1989 )[20]
May 14
May 22
May 25 – U Nu , Burmese politician (d. 1995 )
May 26 – John Wayne , American actor, film director (d. 1979 )
May 27
May 30
June
Rosalind Russell
J. Hans D. Jensen
June 1 – Frank Whittle , British jet engine developer (d. 1996 )
June 4
June 5 – Rudolf Peierls , German-British physicist (d. 1995 )
June 7 – Arthur Marshall Davis , American judge (d. 1963 )
June 14 – René Char , French poet (d. 1988 )
June 16 – Jack Albertson , American actor, comedian (d. 1981 )
June 19
June 22 – Wesley E. Brown , American district court judge (d. 2012 )
June 23 – James Meade , English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995 )
June 24 – Jean Schlumberger , French jewelry designer (d. 1987 )
June 25
June 26 – Joan Harrison , English screenwriter, producer (d. 1994 )
June 27 – John McIntire , American actor (d. 1991 )
June 28
June 29 – Junji Nishikawa , Japanese football player (d. ?)
September
Fay Wray
Warren E. Burger
Gene Autry
September 2
September 3 – Loren Eiseley , American author (d. 1977 )
September 4
September 12
September 15
September 17 – Warren E. Burger , 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995 )
September 18
September 19 – Lewis F. Powell Jr. , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1998 )
September 22 – Maurice Blanchot , French philosopher, writer (d. 2003 )
September 23
September 26
September 27
September 28 – Heikki Savolainen , Finnish artistic gymnast (d. 1997 )
September 29
Gene Autry , American actor, singer, and businessman (d. 1998 )
George W. Jenkinsat , American businessman (d. 1996 )
October
Víctor Paz Estenssoro
October 1 – Ödön Pártos , Hungarian-Israeli violist, composer (d. 1977 )
October 2
October 5 – Elva Ruby Miller , American singer (d. 1997 )
October 6 – Francisco Gabilondo Soler , Mexican singer, composer (d. 1990 )
October 9 – Lord Hailsham , British politician (d. 2001 )
October 15 – Varian Fry , American journalist, rescuer (d. 1967 )
October 17 – John Marley , American actor (d. 1984 )
October 19 – Roger Wolfe Kahn , American bandleader (d. 1962 )
October 20 – Arlene Francis , Amcerican actress (d. 2001 )
October 24 – Rafael Godoy , Colombian composer (d. 1973 )
October 28
October 30 – Sol Tax , American anthropologist (d. 1995 )
November
Astrid Lindgren
November 1 – Homero Manzi , Argentine tango lyricist, author (d. 1951 )
November 6 – Charles W. Yost , American ambassador (d. 1981 )
November 7 – Dumitru Coliu , Romanian communist activist and politician (d. 1979 )
November 9 – Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (d. 1994 )
November 10
November 11
November 14
November 15 – Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg , German aristocrat, military officer (d. 1944 )
November 16 – Burgess Meredith , American actor, director (d. 1997 )
November 18
November 19
November 21 – Ben C. Duniway , American judge whom served on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1961 until 1986 (d. 1986 )
November 23 – Run Run Shaw , Hong Kong media mogul (d. 2014 )
November 26 – Ruth Patrick , American botanist (d. 2013 )
November 27 – L. Sprague de Camp , American writer (d. 2000 )
November 28 – Alberto Moravia , Italian novelist (d. 1990 )[28]
November 28 – Katharine Bartlett , American physical anthropologist, museum curator (d. 2001 )
November 30 – Jacques Barzun , French-born American historian (d. 2012 )
December
Oscar Niemeyer
James Roosevelt
Cab Calloway
December 1 – Joey Aiuppa , American mobster (d. 1997 )
December 5 – Lin Biao , Chinese communist military leader (d. 1971 )
December 6 – Helli Stehle , Swiss actress, radio presenter (d. 2017 )
December 10 – Lucien Laurent , French footballer (d. 2005 )
December 12 – Roy Douglas , British composer (d. 2015 )
December 14 – Beatriz Costa , Portuguese actress (d. 1996 )
December 15 – Oscar Niemeyer , Brazilian architect (d. 2012 )
December 16 – Barbara Kent , Canadian silent film actress (d. 2011 )
December 19 – Jimmy McLarnin , Irish-born boxer (d. 2004 )
December 22 – Peggy Ashcroft , British actress (d. 1991 )
December 23 – James Roosevelt , American businessman, politician (d. 1991 )
December 25
December 27 – Johann Wilhelm Trollmann , German boxer (d. 1943 )
February
February 2 – Dmitri Mendeleev , Russian chemist (b. 1834 )
February 7 – Preston Leslie , 26th Governor of Kentucky and 9th territorial Governor of Montana (b. 1819 )
February 12 – Muriel Robb , English tennis player (b. 1878 )
February 13 – Marcel Alexandre Bertrand , French geologist (b. 1847 )
February 16
February 17 – Henry Steel Olcott , American officer, theosophist (b. 1832 )
February 20 – Henri Moissan , French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852 )
February 21 – Erik Gustaf Boström , 7th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1842 )
February 26 – C. W. Alcock , English footballer, journalist, and football promoter (b. 1842 )
March
March 3 – Oronhyatekha , Canadian Mohawk physician, CEO of an international benefit society, native statesman, scholar, rights campaigner and international shooter (b. 1841 )
March 7 – Charlotta Raa-Winterhjelm , Swedish actress (b. 1838 )
March 9 – Frederic George Stephens , English art critic (b. 1828 )
March 10 – George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn , Welsh industrialist (b. 1836 )
March 11
March 18 – Marcellin Berthelot , French chemist (b. 1827 )
March 19
March 23 – Konstantin Pobedonostsev , Russian statesman (b. 1827 )
March 25 – Ernst von Bergmann , Baltic German surgeon (b. 1836 )
April
April 6 – William Henry Drummond , Irish-Canadian poet (b. 1854 )
April 14 – Frank Manly Thorn , American lawyer, politician, government official, essayist, journalist, humorist, inventor, and 6th Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (b. 1836 )
April 23 – Alferd Packer , American cannibal (b. 1842 )
May
May 1 – Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta , American poet (b. 1834 )
May 4 – John Watts de Peyster , American author, philanthropist, and soldier (b. 1821 )
May 6 – Emanuele Luigi Galizia , Maltese architect, civil engineer (b. 1830 )
May 12 – Joris-Karl Huysmans , French author (b. 1848 )
May 19 – Sir Benjamin Baker , English civil engineer (b. 1840 )
May 26 – Ida Saxton McKinley , First Lady of the United States (b. 1847 )
May 27 – Kevork Chavush , Armenian national hero (b. 1870 )
September
September 4 – Edvard Grieg , Norwegian composer (b. 1843 )
September 6 – Sully Prudhomme , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839 )
September 9 – Ernest Roland Wilberforce , English bishop (b. 1840 )
September 12 – Ilia Chavchavadze , Georgian writer, Orthodox priest and saint (b. 1837 )
September 15 – William Wales (optician) , English-American inventor (b. c. 1838 )
September 19 – Jacob Morenga , Namibian rebel leader (b. 1875 )
September 22 – Wilbur Olin Atwater , American chemist (b. 1844 )
September 30 – Sir John Ardagh , British army general (b. 1840 )
November
November 1 – Alfred Jarry , French writer (b. 1873 )
November 6 – Sir James Hector , Scottish geologist (b. 1834 )[32]
November 14 – Andrew Inglis Clark , Australian jurist and politician (b. 1848 )
November 15 – Raphael Kalinowski , Polish Discalced Carmelite friar and saint (b. 1835 )
November 16 – Robert I, Duke of Parma , last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848 )
November 17 – Sir Francis McClintock , Irish explorer and admiral in British Royal Navy (b. 1819 )
November 20 – Paula Modersohn-Becker , German painter (b. 1876 )
November 22 – Asaph Hall , American astronomer (b. 1829 )
November 23 – Naimuddin , Bengali writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1832 )
November 25 – Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen , Danish explorer (b. 1872 )
November 28 – Stanisław Wyspiański , Polish writer, painter and architect (b. 1869 )
November 30 – Ludwig Levy , German architect (b. 1854 )
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International Year Book: 1907 (1908) 1002pp, worldwide coverage online edition