Notable Historical Events - 1907
1907 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Pres Theodore Roosevelt shakes a record 8,513 hands in 1 day |
Jan 4 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," premieres in London |
Jan 6 |
Maria Montessori opens her 1st (Montessori) school (Rome) |
Jan 7 |
Clyde Fitch' "Truth," premieres in NYC |
Jan 12 |
Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal |
Jan 14 |
An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. |
Jan 15 |
3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr Lee De Forest |
Jan 15 |
Gold dental inlays 1st described by Wm Taggart, who invented them |
Jan 21 |
Kenora Thistles sweep Mont Wanderers in 2 for Stanley Cup |
Jan 23 |
Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American US senator |
Jan 25 |
Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to Natl Inst of Arts & Letters |
Jan 26 |
1st federal corrupt election practices law passed |
Jan 26 |
J M Synge's "Playboy of Western World" opens; police are called |
Jan 26 |
The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the oldest military rifle still in official use. |
Jan 26 |
In Austria, universal and direct suffrage (limited to males over 24) is introduced, a reform long demanded by the socialists and others |
Feb 5 |
Arnold Schoenberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna |
Feb 7 |
The Mud March was the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). |
Feb 7 |
Conservative coalition take over Reichstag in Germany after rallying conservatives against the threat of a socialist government |
Feb 11 |
De Master's Dutch government resigns |
Feb 11 |
Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, off Rhide Island, 322 die |
Feb 13 |
English suffragettes storm British Parliament & 60 women are arrested |
Feb 14 |
1st US foxhound association forms in NYC |
Feb 21 |
SS Berlin sinks off Hoek van Holland Neth (142 dead) |
Feb 22 |
1st cabs with taxi meters begin operating in London |
Feb 22 |
Leonid N Andreyev's "Zhizn Cheloveka," premieres in St Petersburg |
Feb 25 |
George Bernard Shaw's "Philanderer," premieres in London |
Feb 25 |
US proclaims protectorate over Dominican Republic |
Feb 26 |
Royal Oil & Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) |
Feb 26 |
US Congress raised their own salaries to $7,500 |
Feb 26 |
Louis Botha Het Volk Party wins a majority in the election in Transvaal, South Africa |
Feb 27 |
Psychiatrists Carl Gustav Jung and Sigmund Freud meet for the first time in Vienna |
Mar 2 |
General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal |
Mar 2 |
Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce à l'Oreille," premieres in Paris |
Mar 5 |
1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired |
Mar 5 |
The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops. |
Mar 9 |
1st involuntary sterilization law enacted, Indiana |
Mar 9 |
Lady Gregory's "Rising of the Moon" premieres in Dublin |
Mar 14 |
By Presidential order, the US excludes Japanese laborers from entering the country |
Mar 15 |
Finland is 1st European country to give women the right to vote |
Mar 16 |
1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia |
Mar 19 |
18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record) |
Mar 21 |
US invades Honduras |
Mar 22 |
The new Boer government in the Transvaal passes an Asiatic Registration Bill, that restricts immigration from India |
Mar 24 |
The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published. |
Mar 25 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers lose to Kenora Thistles but outscore them in 2 game set but outscore them 12-8 and win cup |
Mar 31 |
Romanian Army puts down Moldavian farmers' revolt |
Apr 11 |
NY Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards |
Apr 12 |
Belgium government of De Stain de Naeyer, resigns |
Apr 12 |
In Switzerland, parliament passes a new army bill reorganizing the nation's forces into a standing militia, with training required for all males |
Apr 17 |
Ellis Island, NY-11,745 immigrants arrive |
Apr 18 |
Augustus Thomas' "Witching Hour" premieres in NYC |
Apr 18 |
Fairmont Hotel opens |
Apr 19 |
11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24 |
Apr 24 |
Hersheypark, founded by Milton S. Hershey for the exclusive use of his employees, is opened. |
Apr 26 |
Jamestown, Va Tercentenary Exposition opens |
Apr 30 |
Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city. |
May 1 |
Belgium government of De Trooz forms |
May 1 |
Indian Mine Laws passes (concessions from Neth-Indies) |
May 2 |
Belgium Jules baron de Trooz forms Belgian government |
May 6 |
33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6 |
May 7 |
Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) |
May 8 |
Boston's Big Jeff Pfeffer no-hits Cin Reds, 6-0 |
May 8 |
Tommy Burns beats Jack O'Brien in 20 for heavyweight boxing title |
May 10 |
Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue" premieres in Paris |
May 11 |
Bank of San Francisco incorporated |
May 11 |
A derailment outside Lompoc, California, kills 32 Shriners when their chartered train jumps off the tracks at a switch near Surf Depot. |
May 14 |
Sweden adopts universal suffrage for elections to its lower house and proportional representation for both houses |
May 16 |
In the Pact of Cartagena, Great Britain, France, and Spain agree to maintain the status quo in the Mediterranean and along the Atlantic coast of Europe and Africa |
May 21 |
32nd Preakness: G Mountain aboard Don Enrique wins in 1:45.4 |
May 22 |
Albert Trott takes two hat-tricks in an innings, Middlesex v Somerset |
May 23 |
The single chamber Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session. |
May 26 |
Chicago White Sox Ed Walsh no-hits NY Highlanders, 8-1 in 5 inning game |
May 27 |
Bubonic Plague breaks out in San Francisco |
May 28 |
Auto-Cycle Union Tourist Trophy, 1st held |
May 30 |
41st Belmont: G Mountain aboard Peter Pan wins |
May 31 |
Taxis 1st began running in NYC |
Jun 1 |
-27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) |
Jun 3 |
Centro Escolar University is established by Librada Avelino and Carmen de Luna in Manila, Philippines. |
Jun 4 |
Automatic washer & dryer introduced |
Jun 5 |
Automatic washer & dryer are introduced |
Jun 10 |
France and Japan sign an agreement to maintain the independence and integrity of China, equality for all nations in trading with China, and the status quo in the Far East |
Jun 11 |
Northants all out for 12 v Gloucestershire |
Jun 11 |
George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket. |
Jun 12 |
Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers |
Jun 13 |
Lowest temp ever in 48 US states for June, 2°F in Tamarack Calif |
Jun 14 |
Government of Transvaal sends home 50,000 Chinese day workers |
Jun 14 |
Norway adopts female suffrage for middle class women only in parliamentary elections |
Jun 15 |
Researcher George Soper publishes the results of his investigation into recent typhoid outbreaks in the New York area and announces that Mary Mallon [Typhoid Mary] is the likely source of the outbreak |
Jun 15 |
The 2nd Hague Peace Conference meets in an attempt to stop the arms race; Germany resists, but conference does make important rules around the rights of neutral powers |
Jun 16 |
Tsar Nicolas II of Russia dissolves the Second Duma (parliament) and issues an edict that will increase representation of propertied classes while reducing that of peasants, workers and national minorities |
Jun 20 |
1st Portland Rose festival |
Jun 21 |
13th US Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Phila Cricket Club PA |
Jun 21 |
E W Scripps founded United Press |
Jun 26 |
Bolsheviks overthrows transport in Tiflis |
Jun 28 |
Nationals steal a record 13 bases off catcher Branch Rickey |
Jul 1 |
World's 1st air force established (US Army) |
Jul 1 |
The Orange River Colony, known as the Orange Free State, is granted self-government by the British |
Jul 3 |
Pope decree forbids modernization of theology |
Jul 4 |
Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 1 for heavyweight boxing title |
Jul 5 |
24th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: May Bundy beats D Chambers (6-1 6-4) |
Jul 5 |
31st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Norman Brookes beats Arthur Gore (6-4 6-2 6-2) |
Jul 8 |
Florenz Ziegfeld staged 1st `Follies' on NY Theater roof |
Jul 18 |
Florenz Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1907" premieres in NYC |
Jul 18 |
French troops occupy Casablanca |
Jul 19 |
Under pressure from the Japanese, the Emperor of Korea abdicates in favor of his son, a figurehead |
Jul 20 |
A train wreck on the Pere Marquette Railroad near Salem, Michigan kills thirty and injures seventy more. |
Jul 23 |
7th Davis Cup: Australasia beats British Isles in Wimbledon (3-2) |
Jul 25 |
Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan. |
Jul 29 |
1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France |
Jul 29 |
Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England |
Jul 30 |
Russia and Japan sign an agreement guaranteeing freedom of China while recognizing each other's special interests |
Jul 30 |
The Filipinos elect their first legislature; it will meet on 16 October |
Jul 30 |
Starting today, the French bombard Casablanca and land troops to occupy the Atlantic-coast region of Morocco after attacks on foreigners |
Aug 1 |
Bank of Italy opens 1st branch at 3433 Mission Street, SF |
Aug 1 |
Signal Corps of US army starts aircraft division |
Aug 1 |
First Scout camp opens on Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour, Dorset |
Aug 2 |
Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit |
Aug 3 |
Kaiser Wilhelm (Germany) meets with Tsar Nicholas (Russia) to discuss Germany's plan to build a railroad to Baghdad; the discussion helps move Russia towards Britain and eventually the Triple Alliance |
Aug 7 |
Walter Johnson wins 1st of his 416 wins, 7-2 over Cleveland |
Aug 9 |
The first Boy Scout camp concludes at Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Southern England. |
Aug 10 |
Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally |
Aug 11 |
St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn |
Aug 13 |
1st taxicab (NYC) |
Aug 14 |
"Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn |
Aug 16 |
Mulay Hafid is proclaimed the Sultan of Morocco by supporters leading to civil war; Mulay is supported by Germany while France supports the existing Sultan |
Aug 17 |
Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union |
Aug 22 |
Colin Buchanan, town planner |
Aug 22 |
Cyril Astley Clarke, British geneticist |
Aug 23 |
Pitts Howie Camnitz no-hits NY Giants, 1-0 in 5 inning game |
Aug 26 |
Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec |
Aug 28 |
United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington. |
Aug 29 |
The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. |
Aug 31 |
Britain & Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia & Tibet |
Aug 31 |
Britain, Russia & France form Triple Entente |
Sep 5 |
King Edward VII of Great Britain meets Russia's Foreign Minister Alexander Izvolski in an attempt to strengthen Russia's relationship with Britain |
Sep 7 |
Sutro's ornate Cliff House in SF destroyed by fire |
Sep 8 |
Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism) |
Sep 12 |
Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) |
Sep 13 |
Canadian Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders & Montreal Foot Ball |
Sep 20 |
Pitts Nick Maddox no-hits Bkln Dodgers, 2-1 |
Sep 23 |
Proclamation sets fineness & weight of silver & bronze coins of Canada |
Sep 25 |
Jean Sibelius' 3rd Symphony premieres |
Sep 26 |
New Zealand and Newfoundland each become dominions within the British Empire. |
Sep 29 |
Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral |
Sep 30 |
Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice & Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston) |
Oct 1 |
Plaza Hotel (5th Av & 59th Str, NY) opens |
Oct 1 |
A downturn in the stock market leads to a run on the dollar; US President Roosevelt will be forced to call on financier JP Morgan to help manage the financial crisis |
Oct 2 |
Phillies Eddie Grant goes 7 for 7 in a doubleheader vs Giants |
Oct 5 |
Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays 1st game (Mtl 17 Tor 8) |
Oct 5 |
Phila A's Rube Vickers no-hits Wash Senators, 4-0 in 5 inning game |
Oct 7 |
France's Henri Farman flies 30m in a biplane |
Oct 12 |
Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series |
Oct 16 |
Belasco Theater opens at 111 W 44th St NYC |
Oct 16 |
David Belasco's "Grand Army Man," premieres in NYC |
Oct 17 |
Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. |
Oct 19 |
1st printing of Dutch Tribune (Wijnkoop/Van Ravesteyn/Ceton) |
Oct 22 |
Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum & Bailey circus |
Oct 22 |
Panic of 1907: A run on Knickerbocker Trust Company stock sets events in motion that will lead to a depression. |
Oct 25 |
Frederik of Oaths disbands mental home colony Walden |
Oct 27 |
The first trial of the so called Eulenberg Affair, which will rock the highest circles of Germany, ends |
Oct 31 |
Calgary City Rugby Football Club's 1st game defeating Strathcona Rugby Foot-ball Club 15-0 at Calgary |
Nov 2 |
Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published |
Nov 7 |
Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico |
Nov 7 |
Test tokens are struck in 1st production of Canadian coins |
Nov 7 |
Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University. |
Nov 8 |
In a landmark decision for Australia, the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration rules that the Sunshine Harvester Work must pay 'fair and reasonable wages' |
Nov 9 |
Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds |
Nov 9 |
The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. |
Nov 13 |
French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) |
Nov 13 |
The Conference of Central American States, convoked in response to the war between Honduras and Nicaragua, meets in Washington DC to promote unification |
Nov 14 |
The Third Duma (Parliament) meets in Russia; following Tsar Nicholas II's limiting of the franchise, a conservative majority holds sway and suppresses the radical elements |
Nov 16 |
Oklahoma becomes the United States 46th state |
Nov 28 |
In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater. |
Nov 30 |
Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle |
Dec 2 |
English Professional Football Players' Association forms |
Dec 2 |
Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
Dec 3 |
George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in NYC |
Dec 6 |
Coal mine explosions in Monongah, WV, kills 361 |
Dec 7 |
Eugene Corri becomes 1st referee in a boxing ring |
Dec 7 |
The First Egyptian Nationalist Congress meets under the leadership of Mustafa Kamil Pasha |
Dec 8 |
King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne. |
Dec 9 |
1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office) |
Dec 9 |
Gustav Mahler departs Vienna |
Dec 10 |
Ruyard kipling receives Nobel prize for literature |
Dec 10 |
The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been vivisected. |
Dec 11 |
New Zealand Parliament Buildings almost completely destroyed by fire. |
Dec 13 |
George Gunn scores 119 on Test debut v Australia SCG |
Dec 13 |
German emperor Wilhelm II visits Amsterdam |
Dec 14 |
The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. |
Dec 15 |
In Persia, the Shah leads a coup de'etat against the liberal Prime Minister Nasir ul-Mulk and imprisons him, but a popular uprising forces the Shah to restore Nasir ul-Mulk soon after |
Dec 16 |
Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Bkln Navy Yard NY) |
Dec 16 |
As a gesture of the US's new presence as a world power, President Roosevelt sends the US Battle Fleet on a round-the-world cruise, visiting ports internationally |
Dec 17 |
Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan |
Dec 19 |
239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania |
Dec 20 |
Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91 |
Dec 21 |
Dutch government of De Master falls due to war budget |
Dec 22 |
Saint-Saëns/Fokines ballet "Le Cygne" premieres in St Petersburg |
Dec 23 |
1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa |
Dec 30 |
Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball |
Dec 31 |
For 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal new year |
Dec 31 |
G Mahler conducts the Metropolitan Opera |
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