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1907(MCMVII) was acommon year starting on Tuesdayof theGregorian calendarand acommon year starting on Mondayof theJulian calendar,the 1907th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 907th year of the2nd millennium,the 7th year of the20th century,and the 8th year of the1900sdecade. As of the start of 1907, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- January 14–1907 Kingston earthquake:A 6.5MwearthquakeinKingston, Jamaica,kills between 800 and 1,000.
February[edit]
- February 7– The "Mud March",the first large procession organised by The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), takes place inLondon.
- February 11– The French warshipJean Bartsinks off the coast ofMorocco.
- February 12– The steamshipLarchmontcollides with theHarry HamiltoninLong Island Sound;183 lives are lost.
- February 16–SKF,a worldwide mechanical parts manufacturing brand (mainly,bearingsandseals), is founded inGothenburg,Sweden.[1]
- February 21– The English mail steamshipBerlinis wrecked off theHook of Holland;142 lives are lost.
- February 24– The Austrian Lloyd steamshipImperatrix,fromTriestetoBombay,is wrecked on Cape of Crete and sinks; 137 lives are lost.
March[edit]
- March
- The steamshipCongocollides at the mouth of the Ems River with the German steamshipNerissa;7 lives are lost.
- The1907 Romanian Peasants' Revoltresults in possibly as many as 11,000 deaths.
- TheDiamond Sūtra,awoodblock printedBuddhist scripture dated868,is discovered byAurel Steinin theMogao Cavesin China; it is "the earliest complete survival of a dated printed book".[2]
- Pablo Picassocompletes his paintingLes Demoiselles d'Avignon.
- March 5– At the opening of the newState DumainSaint Petersburg,Russia, 40,000 demonstrators are dispersed by Russian troops.
- March 11– ThePrime Minister of Bulgaria,Dimitar Petkov,is assassinated by an anarchist inSofia.
- March 15–16–Electionsto the newParliament of Finlandare the first in the world for a national assembly with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe whereuniversal suffrageis applied; 19 women are elected.
- March 22– The firsttaxicabswithtaximetersbegin operating in London.
- March 25– The first university sports federation in Europe is established in Hungary, with the participation or support of the associations of ten universities and colleges.[3]
- c.March 28– The volcanoKsudacherupts,in theKamchatka Peninsula.
April[edit]
- April 7–Hershey Parkopens inHershey, Pennsylvania.
- April 17
- The firstMinas Geraes-class battleshipislaid downforBrazil,byArmstrong Whitworthon theRiver Tyne,in England, triggering theSouth American dreadnought race.
- Today is the all-time busiest day of immigration to theUnited StatesthroughEllis Island;[4]this will be the busiest year ever seen here, with 1.1 million immigrants arriving.[5]
- April 24–Al Ahly SCis founded inCairoby Omar Lotfi, as a gathering place for Egyptianstudents' unionsin the struggle againstcolonization;it is the firstassociation footballclub officially founded in Egypt orAfrica.[6]
May[edit]
- May 13– The5th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Partyconvenes in secret inLondon.
June[edit]
- June 5–Shastri Yagnapurushdasconsecrates themurtisof bothSahajanand SwamiandGunatitanand Swamiin a single central shrine, thus establishing theBochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha,later aUnited Nationsaffiliate organization.
- June 6–Persillaundry detergentis first marketed byHenkelofDüsseldorf,Germany, the first to combine bleach with detergent commercially.[7]
- June 10–August 10– ThePeking to Parismotor race is won byPrince Scipione Borghese,driving a 7-litre 35/45 hpItala.
- June 15– TheSecond Hague Peace Conferenceopens atThe Hague.
- June 22– TheLondon Underground'sCharing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railwayopens.
- June 26–Tiflis bank robbery:Bolsheviksattack a cash-filled bank coach in the centre ofTiflis,Georgia,killing 40 people.
July[edit]
- July 1– TheOrange River Colonygains autonomy, as theOrange Free State.
- July 6– Guardians of theIrish Crown Jewelsnotice that they have been stolen.
- July 15– TheLondon Electrobus Companystarts running the first ever service ofbattery-electric busesbetween London's Victoria Station and Liverpool Street.
- July 21– TheSSColumbiasinks after colliding with thelumberschoonerSan Pedro,offShelter Cove, California,resulting in 88 deaths.
- July 24– TheJapan–Korea Treaty of 1907brings the government and military of theprotectorateofKoreamore firmly underJapanesecontrol.
August[edit]
- August 24–31– TheInternational Anarchist Congress of Amsterdammeets in theNetherlands.
- August 28–UPSis founded byJames E. (Jim) CaseyinSeattle, Washington.
- August 29– The partially completedsuperstructureof theQuebec Bridgecollapses entirely, claiming the lives of 76 workers.
- August 31– CountAlexander Izvolskyand SirArthur Nicolsonsign theAnglo-Russian EntenteinSaint Petersburg,bringing a pause inThe Great Gamein Central Asia, and establishing theTriple Entente.
September[edit]
- September 7– British passengerlinerRMSLusitaniasets out on her maiden voyage, fromLiverpool(England) to New York City.
- September 26–New ZealandandNewfoundlandbecomedominionsof the British Empire.
October[edit]
- October– A committee of theDelegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language,made up of academics includingOtto Jespersen,Wilhelm OstwaldandRoland Eötvös,meet in Paris to select alanguage for international use.The committee ultimately decides to reformEsperanto.
- October 6– TheDeutscher Werkbundis founded inGermany.This organization aims to bring togetherartists,architectsandindustrialiststo promote the integration of art andindustryfor the betterment ofsocietyand plays a significant role in the development of modern industrial design in Germany.[8]
- October 8–Edvard Grieg'sOlaf Trygvason,his only opera, is produced posthumously in Christiania,Norway.
- October 17–Guglielmo Marconiinitiates commercial transatlanticradiocommunications between his high powerlongwavewireless telegraphy stations inClifden,Ireland, andGlace Bay, Nova Scotia.
- October 18– TheHague Conventionis revised by the (second)Hague Peace Conference(effective26 January1910), focussing on naval warfare.
- October 24– A majorUnited Statesfinancial crisis is averted whenJ. P. Morgan,E. H. Harriman,James Stillman,Henry Clay Frickand otherWall Streetfinanciers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plungingNew York Stock Exchange,ending the bankpanic of 1907.[9]
- October 27–Černová massacre:Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of a Catholic church in Hungary (modern-daySlovakia).
- October 31– TheParliament of Finlandapproves theProhibition Act,but the law is not implemented because it is not ratified by Grand DukeNicholas II.[10][11]
November[edit]
- November 4– Russian immigrant bakers Perry and Ben Feigenson in Detroit begin transforming their cake frosting flavors into The Feigenson Brothers Bottling Works soft drink recipe, later shortened toFaygo.
- November 16
- British passenger linerRMSMauretania,the world's largest and fastest at this date, sets out on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York.
- PresidentTheodore Rooseveltproclaims thatOklahomahas become the 46thU.S. state.
- November 21–Washington State Collegedefeats theUniversity of Washington10-5 in theApple Cupin college football, played inSeattle.[12]
- November 25
- TheChurch of God in Christ,which becomes the fifth-largestAfrican-AmericanPentecostal-HolinessChristian denominationin the United States, is founded by BishopCharles Harrison MasoninMemphis, Tennessee.
- Edeka,a majorretailergroup inEurope,is founded in Germany.[citation needed]
December[edit]
- December 6–Monongah Mining disaster:A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers inMonongah, West Virginia.
- December 8– Upon the death ofOscar II,he is succeeded by his sonGustaf V,askingofSweden.
- December 14– The largest sailing ship ever built, the 7-masted U.S.-ownedThomas W. Lawson,is wrecked in theIsles of Scilly.
- December 16– The AmericanGreat White Fleetbegins its circumnavigation of the world.
- December 17–Ugyen Wangchuckbecomes the firstDruk Gyalpo(king ofBhutan).
- December 19– An explosion in a coal mine inJacobs Creek, Pennsylvaniakills 239.
- December 21–Santa María School massacre:InChile,soldiers fire at striking mineworkers gathered in the Santa María School inIquique;over 2,000 are killed.
- December 31– The first ever "ball drop"is held inTimes Square,inNew York City.
Date unknown[edit]
- Indiana,in the United States, becomes the world's first legislature to place laws permittingcompulsory sterilizationforeugenicpurposes on the statute book.
- Thetriodethermionic amplifier invented byLee de Forest,starting the development ofelectronicsas a practical technology.
- TheAutochrome Lumièreis the first commercialcolor photographyprocess.
- James Murray Spangler invents the firstHoovervacuum cleaner.
- TheMoine Thrust Beltin Scotland is identified, one of the first to be discovered anywhere.[13]
- TheLandsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret,a Danish national association forwomen's suffrage,is founded.
- Anino ng Kahapon,aTagalog-languagenovel is published.[14]
- Henri Matissebegins to teach at theAcadémie Matissein Paris, a private and non-commercialart school.
- A statue ofJ. E. B. Stuart,Confederate general, is dedicated onRichmond, Virginia'sMonument Avenue.
- Staviteľský robotník,a Slovak language biweekly newspaper ends publication.[15]
Births[edit]
January[edit]
- 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, 142ndPrime 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
- Manfred von Ardenne,German research and applied physicist, inventor (d.1997)
- Paula Wessely,Austrian actress (d.2000)
- January 22–Dixie Dean,English football player (d.1980)
- January 23–Hideki Yukawa,Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1981)
- January 24
- Maurice Couve de Murville,Prime Minister of France(d.1999)
- Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah,King of Malaysia (d.1979)
- January 27–Joyce Compton,American actress (d.1997)
- January 29–Bil Dwyer,American cartoonist and humorist (d.1987)
February[edit]
- February 1–Günter Eich,German writer (d.1972)
- February 5
- Birgit Dalland,Norwegian politician (d.2007)
- Pierre Pflimlin,French politician (d.2000)
- Sergio Méndez Arceo,Roman Catholic bishop ofCuernavaca,Mexico 1953–1983 (d.1992)
- February 6–Russell Gleason,American actor (d.1945)
- February 9
- Pierre Aliker,French-Martinican politician (d.2013)
- Trường Chinh,President of Vietnam(d.1988)
- February 12–Clifton C. Edom,American photojournalism educator (d.1991)
- February 15
- Jean Langlais,French composer, organist (d.1991)[16]
- Cesar Romero,American actor (d.1994)
- February 18–Oscar Brodney,American screenwriter (d.2008)
- February 21–W. H. Auden,English poet (d.1973)[17]
- February 22
- Sheldon Leonard,American actor, writer, director, and producer (d.1997)
- Robert Young,American actor (d.1998)
- February 25–Kathryn Wasserman Davis,American philanthropist (d.2013)
- February 26
- Dub Taylor,American actor (d.1994)
- Rosebud Yellow Robe,Native American folklorist, educator, and author (d.1992)
- February 27–Mildred Bailey,American singer (d.1951)[18]
- February 28–Milton Caniff,American cartoonist (d.1988)
March[edit]
- March 4–Maria Branyas Morera,Spanish supercentenarian,oldest living person
- 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
- Arthur Hewlett,British actor (d.1997)
- Dorrit Hoffleit,American astronomer (d.2007)
- March 15–Zarah Leander,Swedish actress, singer (d.1981)
- March 16
- Frances Fuller,American actress (d.1980)
- Hans Kleppen,Norwegian ski jumper (d.2009)
- 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[edit]
- April 1–Shivakumara Swami,Hindu religious figure and humanitarian (d.2019)
- April 10
- Marcel Deviq,French Algerian engineer, businessman, and politician (d.1972)
- Germán Suárez Flamerich,Venezuelan lawyer, politician and 50thPresident of Venezuela(d.1990)
- April 11
- Paul Douglas,American actor (d.1959)
- April 12–Felix de Weldon,Austrian-born sculptor (d.2003)
- April 13–Harold Stassen,American politician (d.2001)
- April 14–François Duvalier,32ndPresident of Haiti(d.1971)
- April 15–Nikolaas Tinbergen,Dutch ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1988)
- April 16–Joseph-Armand Bombardier,Canadian inventor, founder ofBombardier Inc.(d.1964)
- April 21–Wade Mainer,American singer, banjoist (d.2011)
- April 23
- James Hayter,British actor (d.1983)
- Fritz Wotruba,Austrian sculptor (d.1975)
- April 24–William Sargant,British psychiatrist (d.1988)
- April 26–Ilias Tsirimokos,Prime Minister of Greece(d.1968)
- April 29
- Tino Rossi,French singer (d.1983)
- Fred Zinnemann,Austrian director (d.1997)
May[edit]
- 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– DameDaphne du Maurier,English author (d.1989)[19]
- May 14
- Ayub Khan,President of Pakistan (d.1974)
- Johnny Moss,American poker player (d.1995)
- Bob Tisdall,Irish Olympic athlete (d.2004)
- May 22
- Hergé,Belgian cartoonist (d.1983)
- Laurence Olivier,English stage, screen actor and director (d.1989)
- May 25–U Nu,Burmese politician (d.1995)
- May 26–John Wayne,American actor, film director (d.1979)
- May 27
- Rachel Carson,American environmental writer (d.1964)[20]
- Carl Falck,Norwegian businessman (d.2016)
- May 30
- Elly Beinhorn,German pilot (d.2007)
- Germaine Tillion,French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d.2008)
June[edit]
- June 1–Frank Whittle,British jet engine developer (d.1996)
- June 4
- Rosalind Russell,American actress (d.1976)
- Jacques Roumain,Haitian writer, politician, and advocate of Marxism (d.1944)
- 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
- Bae Hee-han,Korean master carpenter (d. 1997)
- Clarence Wiseman,Salvation Army general (d.1985)
- George de Mestral,Swiss inventor (d.1990)
- 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
- Franca Dominici,Italian actress, voice actress (d.1999)
- J. Hans D. Jensen,German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1973)
- June 26–Joan Harrison,English screenwriter, producer (d.1994)
- June 27–John McIntire,American actor (d.1991)
- June 28
- Junius Driggs,American businessman (d.1994)
- Franciszka Themerson,Polish-born British artist, filmmaker (d.1989)
- June 29–Junji Nishikawa,Japanese football player (d.?)
July[edit]
- July 3
- Horia Sima,Romanian fascist politician (d.1993)
- Nora Thompson Dean,Indigenous American (Lenape) linguist (d.1984)
- July 4
- Henning Holck-Larsen,Danish engineer and businessman (d.2003)
- Emilio Ochoa,Cuban dentist, politician (d.2007)
- July 6
- Frida Kahlo,Mexican painter (d.1954)
- George Stanley,Canadian historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer (d.2002)
- July 7
- Walter Dieminger,German space scientist (d.2000)
- Robert A. Heinlein,American science fiction author (d.1988)
- Pavel Sudoplatov,Russian Lieutenant General (d.1996)
- Prince Vasili Alexandrovich of Russia(d.1989)
- July 9
- Teresa Jungman,English socialite (d.2010)
- Philip Klutznick,American administrator (d.1999)
- July 10
- John Michaels,American pitcher (d.1996)
- Lê Duẩn,Vietnamese politician (d.1986)
- July 13–George Weller,American novelist, playwright, and journalist (d.2002)
- July 14
- Annabella,French actress (d.1996)
- Maria Matray,German screenwriter and actress (d.1993)
- July 15
- Paterson Fraser,English Royal Air Force (d.2001)
- Shōshin Nagamine,Japanese author and soldier, police officer, and karate master (d.1997)
- Mona Rico,Mexican-born American actress (d.1994)
- July 16–Barbara Stanwyck,American actress (d.1990)
- July 19
- Giulio Balestrini,Italian football player (d.?)
- Isabel Jewell,American actress (d.1972)
- Paul Magloire,President of Haiti (d.2001)
- July 21
- A. D. Hope,Australian poet and essayist (d.2000)
- Georg Rydeberg,Swedish actor (d.1983)
- July 22
- Jack Dennington,Australian rules footballer (d.1994)
- Aldo Donelli,American football player and coach, soccer player, and college athletics administrator (d.1994)
- Zubir Said,Singaporean composer of Singapore's national anthem (d.1987)
- July 25–Johnny Hodges,American alto saxophonist (d.1970)
- July 27
- Ross Alexander,American actor (d.1937)
- Richard Beesly,British Olympic gold medal rower (d.1965)
- July 29–Melvin Belli,American lawyer (d.1996)
August[edit]
- August 1–Elisabeth Johansen,Greenlandic midwife and politician (d.1993)
- August 2–Mary Hamman,American writer and editor (d.1984)
- August 3
- Ernesto Geisel,29thPresident of Brazil(d.1996)
- Yang Shangkun,4thPresident of the People's Republic of China(d.1998)
- Irene Tedrow,American actress (d.1995)
- August 7
- Bernard Brodie,English-American chemist and "founder of modern pharmacology" (d.1989)
- Albert Kotin,American painter (d.1980)
- August 8–Benny Carter,American musician (d.2003)
- August 12
- Joe Besser,American comedian (d.1988)
- Benjamin Sheares,2nd President of Singapore (d.1981)
- August 13–Viscount William Waldorf Astor,British politician (d.1966)
- August 14–Stanley Adams,American lyricist and songwriter (d.1994)
- August 15–Bob Pearson,British variety performer with his brother Alf as half of Bob and Alf Pearson (d.1985)
- August 20–Alan Reed,American actor and voice actor (d.1977)
- August 21
- John G. Trump,American electrical engineer, inventor, and physicist (d.1985)
- Hy Zaret,American lyricist and composer (d.2007)[21]
- August 24
- Bruno Giacometti,Swiss architect (d.2012)
- Gil Perkins,Australian actor and stuntman (d.1999)
- August 28–Rupert Hart-Davis,British publisher (d.1999)
- August 29–Lurene Tuttle,American character actress (d.1986)
- August 31
- Argentina Brunetti,Argentinian actress and writer (d.2005)
- Augustus F. Hawkins,American politician and civil rights lawmaker (d.2007)
- Ramon Magsaysay,7thPresident of the Philippines(d.1957)
September[edit]
- September 2
- Evelyn Hooker,American psychologist (d.1996)
- Miriam Seegar,American actress (d.2011)
- September 3–Loren Eiseley,American author (d.1977)
- September 4
- Frances Griffiths,Cottingley Fairiesgirl (d.1986)
- Reggie Nalder,Austrian actor (d.1991)
- September 12
- Spud Chandler,American baseball player (d.1990)
- Louis MacNeice,Northern Irish poet (d.1963)
- September 15
- Jimmy Wallington,American radio personality (d.1972)
- Fay Wray,Canadian-born actress (d.2004)
- September 17–Warren E. Burger,15thChief Justice of the United States(d.1995)
- September 18
- Leon Askin,Austrian actor (d.2005)
- Elza Brandeisz,Hungarian dancer, teacher (d.2018)
- Edwin McMillan,American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1991)
- 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
- Anne Desclos,French journalist and author (d.1998)[22]
- Duarte Nuno,Duke of Braganza, pretender to the throne of Portugal (d.1976)
- September 26
- Anthony Blunt,British art historian, spy (d.1983)
- Bep van Klaveren,Dutch boxer (d.1992)
- September 27
- Zhang Chongren,Chinese artist (d.1998)
- Bhagat Singh,Indian revolutionary (d.1931)
- 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[edit]
- October 1–Ödön Pártos,Hungarian-Israeli violist, composer (d.1977)
- October 2
- Alexander R. Todd,Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.1997)[23]
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro,45thPresident of Bolivia(d.2001)
- 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
- John Hewitt,Irish poet (d.1987)
- Sergio Méndez Arceo,7th Mexican bishop ofCuernavaca1953–1982, and advocate ofLiberation theology(d.1991).[24]
- October 30–Sol Tax,American anthropologist (d.1995)
November[edit]
- 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
- John Moore,British author (d.1967)
- Salme Reek,Estonian actress (d.1996)
- November 11
- Viktoria Brezhneva,First Lady of the Soviet Union(d.1995)
- Günter Fronius,Transylvanian Saxon entrepreneur (d.2015)
- November 14
- Howard W. Hunter,14th president ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(d.1995)
- Astrid Lindgren,Swedish children's writer (d.2002)[25]
- William Steig,American cartoonist (d.2003)
- November 15–Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg,German aristocrat, military officer (d.1944)
- November 16–Burgess Meredith,American actor, director (d.1997)
- November 18
- Compay Segundo,Cuban musician (d.2003)
- Gustav Nezval,Czech actor (d.1998)
- November 19
- Luigi Beccali,Italian Olympic athlete (d.1990)
- Hans Liska,Austrian-German artist (d.1983)[26]
- 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)[27]
- November 28–Katharine Bartlett,American physical anthropologist, museum curator (d.2001)
- November 30–Jacques Barzun,French-born American historian (d.2012)
December[edit]
- 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
- Cab Calloway,American jazz singer and bandleader (d.1994)[28]
- Glenn McCarthy,American oil tycoon, businessman (d.1988)
- December 27–Johann Wilhelm Trollmann,German boxer (d.1943)
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- January 3–Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar,Shah of Iran(b.1853)
- January 13–Jakob Hurt,Estonian folklorist, theologian, and linguist (b.1839)
- January 14–Hermann Iseke,German doctor (b.1856)
- January 19–Giuseppe Saracco,15thPrime Minister of Italy(b.1821)
- January 21–Graziadio Isaia Ascoli,Italian linguist (b.1829)
- January 31–Timothy Eaton,Canadian department store founder (b.1834)
February[edit]
- February 2–Dmitri Mendeleev,Russian chemist (b.1834)
- February 7–Preston Leslie,26thGovernor of Kentuckyand 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
- Giosuè Carducci,Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b.1835)[29]
- Clémentine of Orléans,daughter of King Louis-Philippe of France (b.1817)
- 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,7thPrime Minister of Sweden(b.1842)
- February 26–C. W. Alcock,English footballer, journalist, and football promoter (b.1842)
March[edit]
- 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
- Jean Casimir-Perier,6th President of France (b.1847)
- Dimitar Petkov,14thPrime Minister of Bulgaria(assassinated) (b.1847)
- March 18–Marcellin Berthelot,French chemist (b.1827)
- March 19
- Thomas Bailey Aldrich,American poet and novelist (b.1836)[30]
- Mariano Baptista,23rdPresident of Bolivia(b.1832)
- March 23–Konstantin Pobedonostsev,Russian statesman (b.1827)
- March 25–Ernst von Bergmann,Baltic German surgeon (b.1836)
April[edit]
- 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 theUnited States Coast and Geodetic Survey(b.1836)
- April 23–Alferd Packer,American cannibal (b.1842)
May[edit]
- 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– SirBenjamin 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)
June[edit]
- June 4–Agathe Backer-Grøndahl,Norwegian pianist and composer (b.1847)
- June 6–J. A. Chatwin,English architect (b.1830)
- June 14
- Bartolomé Masó,Cuban patriot (b.1830)
- William Le Baron Jenney,American architect, engineer (b.1832)
- June 23–Hod Stuart,Canadian professional ice hockey player, killed in diving accident (b.1879)
- June 25–Sir John Hall,12thPrime Minister of New Zealand(b.1824)
- June 29–Maximilian Cercha,Polish painter and drawer (b.1818)
July[edit]
- July 13–Heinrich Kreutz,German astronomer (b.1854)
- July 14–Sir William Perkin,English chemist (b.1838)
- July 15–Qiu Jin,Chinese revolutionary, feminist and poet, executed (b.1875)
- July 28–Mildred Amanda Baker Bonham,American travel writer (b.1840)
August[edit]
- August–Dinqinesh Mercha,empress consort of Ethiopia (b.1815)
- August 1
- Lucy Mabel Hall-Brown,American physician and writer (b.1843)
- Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro,3-timePrime Minister of Portugal(b.1849)
- August 3–Augustus Saint-Gaudens,Irish-American Beaux-Arts sculptor (b.1848)
- August 4–Richard Meade, Lord Gilford,British admiral (b.1832)
- August 13–Hermann Carl Vogel,German astrophysicist (b.1841)
- August 15–Joseph Joachim,Austrian violinist (b.1831)
- August 25
- Mary Elizabeth Coleridge,British poet, novelist (b.1861)
- Alexandre Franquet,French admiral (b.1828)
- August 30–Richard Mansfield,Anglo-American actor (b.1857)
September[edit]
- September 4–Edvard Grieg,Norwegian composer (b.1843)
- September 6–Sully Prudhomme,French writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1839)
- September 9–Ernest Roland Wilberforce,English bishop (b.1840)
- September 12–Ilia Chavchavadze,Georgian writer,Orthodox priestand 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)
October[edit]
- October 10–Adolf Furtwängler,German archaeologist, historian (b.1853)
- October 30–Caroline Dana Howe,American author (b.1824)
November[edit]
- November 1–Alfred Jarry,French writer (b.1873)
- November 6–Sir James Hector,Scottish geologist (b.1834)[31]
- November 14–Andrew Inglis Clark,Australian jurist and politician (b.1848)
- November 15–Raphael Kalinowski,PolishDiscalced Carmelitefriar 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)
December[edit]
- December 4–Luis Sáenz Peña,12thPresident of Argentina(b.1822)
- December 8– KingOscar II of Sweden(b.1829)
- December 15–Carola of Vasa,queen consort of Saxony (b.1833)
- December 17–William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin,Irish-born physicist and engineer (b.1824)
- December 20–Helen Louisa Bostwick Bird,American author (b.1826)
- December 21–Klara Hitler,Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (b.1860)
- December 23–Pierre Janssen,French astronomer (b.1824)
- December 28–Kate Stone,American diarist (b.1841)
- December 31–Jules de Trooz,18thPrime Minister of Belgium(b.1857)
Date unknown[edit]
- Ellen Russell Emerson,American ethnologist (b.1837)
- Sarah Gibson Humphreys,American author and suffragist (b.1830)
- Joseph Stannah,Founder ofStannah Lifts(b.1836)
Nobel Prizes[edit]
- Physics–Albert Abraham Michelson
- Chemistry–Eduard Buchner
- Medicine–Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
- Literature–Rudyard Kipling
- Peace–Ernesto Teodoro Moneta,Louis Renault
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Further reading[edit]
- Gilbert, Martin.A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 1 1900-1933(1997); global coverage of politics, diplomacy and warfare; pp 143–57.
- International Year Book: 1907(1908) 1002pp, worldwide coverageonline edition