1907

Year 1907 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 13-day-slower ).

January - February
February - The French warship Jean Bart sinks off the coast of.
 * January
 * The British steamship Pengwern founders in the : crew and 24 men lost.
 * The Prinz Waldemar, Hamburg-American line, runs aground at Kingston, Jamaica, after an earthquake; three lives lost.
 * - becomes president of the, beginning a 45-year presidency
 * - opens her first school and daycare center for  children in  (Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo).
 * - An earthquake in kills more than 1,000.
 * - The Pyongyang Revival takes place.
 * - from  becomes the first.
 * - The steamship Larchmont collides with the Harry Hamilton in ; 183 lives lost.
 * - English mail steamship Berlin wrecked off the ; 142 lives lost.
 * - The Austrian Lloyd steamship Imperatrix, from to, is wrecked on Cape of Crete and sinks; 137 lives lost.

March - April

 * March
 * Steamship Congo sunk at mouth of Ems river by German steamship Nerissa; 7 lives lost.
 * The French warship Jena is blown up at ; 120 lives lost.
 * - The new is opened in  and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by n troops.
 * - - First parliamentary elections in Finland, the first elections in the world with woman candidates as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied.
 * - First and only train robbery in (as of 2004)
 * - The first s with s begins operating in London.
 * - The first s with s begins operating in London.
 * April - The April 1907 issue of  magazine displays the cover price "One Dollar a Year" (under title).
 * - is founded.
 * - opens in,.
 * - At Porto Cortez,, the only war vessel of Honduras, the gunboat Ta Tumbla, steams into the harbor flying the American flag and surrenders with a white flag, when the Nicaraguan gunboat San Jacinto steams out to meet her.
 * - The, a , is commissioned.

May - June

 * - Seattle film maker William Harbeck sets up a camera at the front of a B.C. Electric streetcar and films the downtown streets of . Chunks of the little movie have disappeared over the 100 years since, but about 7 minutes remain.
 * - takes 17 wickets for 48 runs against Northamptonshire at Northampton in one day. It is the best analysis ever recorded for a county cricket match (or for a single day's bowling), and not bettered in  until.
 * -  sect of Hinduism established by Swami Yagnapurushdas.
 * -, aided by , dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in.
 * - The is held.

July - August

 * July - Steamship Columbia is sunk off, California, in collision with steamship San Pedro; 50 lives lost.
 * - Guardians of notice that they have been stolen.
 * - becomes a  of.
 * - - leads the first  camp on,.
 * - in  officially opens for business.
 * to -.
 * - is founded by  in.
 * - Count and Sir  sign the, which results in the establishment of the.

September - October

 * - Maiden voyage of new passenger liner from Liverpool England to New York City.
 * - and  become s.
 * - A major financial crisis is averted when, , , , and other  financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging , ending the bank.
 * The first non-profit school in California is created,.

November - December

 * - and  become, which is admitted as the 46th.
 * Maiden voyage of new & largest passenger liner from Liverpool England to New York City.
 * - : A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers in.
 * - Explosion in coal mine in - 239 dead.

Undated

 * The  of, a Buddhist scripture later dated as earliest example of block , is discovered in the.
 * The thermionic amplifier invented by, starting the development of  as a practical technology.
 * The is the first color photography process marketed.
 * First s in the.
 * finished in Berlin
 * The in  becomes the first thrust belt to be discovered in the world.
 * The is built.
 * James Murray Spangler invents the first.
 * The epic,  published for the second time in, this time by.
 * is founded.
 * is officially opened.

Ongoing

 * in German (modern Namibia).

January-February

 * -, Russian rocket scientist (d. )
 * -, Austrian actress (d. )
 * -, English football phenomenon (d. )
 * -, Japanese physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * , French composer and organist (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, American swimmer and actor (d. )
 * -, American screenwriter
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * , American actor, writer, director, and producer (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )

March-April

 * -, Greek politician (d. )
 * -, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. )
 * , American astronomer (d. )
 * , actor (d. )
 * -, Swedish actress and singer (d. )
 * -, English biologist (d. )
 * -, Potuguese nun and visionary (d. )
 * -, Swiss-born scientist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Brazilian songwriter (d. )
 * - Dr., Indian born social reformer
 * -, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (d. )
 * -, Austrian-born sculptor (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Austrian sculptor (d. )
 * -, British psychiatrist (d. )
 * , French singer (d. )
 * , Austrian director (d. )
 * , French singer (d. )
 * , Austrian director (d. )

May-June

 * -,  (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, Nazi official (d. )
 * -, German poet (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * - Dame, English author (d. )
 * , (d. )
 * , American poker player (d. )
 * , Belgian comics author (d. )
 * , Prolific English actor of stage and screen and director (d. )
 * -, Burmese politician (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , American environmental writer (d. )
 * -, German pilot
 * , British writer and illustrator (d. )
 * , French poet (d. )
 * -, Salvation Army general (d. )
 * -, English economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laurete (d. )
 * , Polish, later British, artist and film-maker (d. )
 * -, Salvation Army general (d. )
 * -, English economist, laureate (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laurete (d. )
 * , Polish, later British, artist and film-maker (d. )

July-August

 * -, Mexican painter (d. )
 * -, American science fiction author (d. )
 * , American actress (d. )
 * , American botanist and businessman (d. )
 * -, President of Haiti (d. )
 * -, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (d. )
 * , British Olympic gold medal rower (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, American writer and editor, modern living editor LIFE and eidtor in chief Bride & Home (d. )
 * -, American painter (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, American comedian (d. )
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * -, American lyricist and composer (d. )
 * -, American politician
 * -, American lyricist and composer (d. )
 * -, American politician

September-October

 * -, psychologist (d. )
 * -, author,  (d. )
 * , baseball player (d. )
 * , Northern Irish poet (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born actress (d. )
 * , Austrian actor (d. )
 * , American chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, , to the throne of  (d. )
 * -, Dutch boxer (d. )
 * -, French philosopher and writer (d. )
 * , American actor (d. )
 * , American businessman (d. )
 * , President of Bolivia (d. )
 * , Scottish chemist, luarete (d. )
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, British politician (d. )
 * -, American journalist and rescuer (d. )
 * -, American bandleader (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Irish poet (d. )
 * -, American anthropologist (d. )
 * -, American journalist and rescuer (d. )
 * -, American bandleader (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, Irish poet (d. )
 * -, American anthropologist (d. )

November-December

 * , president of (d. )
 * , Swedish children's writer (d. )
 * , American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Cuban musician (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Italian novelist (d. )
 * -, French born historian
 * -, French footballer (d. )
 * -, British composer
 * -, Brazilian architect
 * -, Irish-born boxer (d. )
 * -, British actress (d. )
 * -, American businessman and politician (d. )
 * -, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. )
 * -, German boxer (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , Colombian composer (d. )
 * , Chinese artist (d. )
 * probable -, King of Malaysia (d. )
 * , Chinese artist (d. )
 * probable -, King of Malaysia (d. )

January - June

 * -, doctor (b. )
 * -, Canadian department store founder (b. )
 * -, Russian chemist (b. )
 * , Italian writer, laureate (b. )
 * , daughter of King (b. )
 * -, French chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English footballer, journalist, and football promoter (b. )
 * -, industrialist (b. )
 * -, President of France (b. )
 * -, American poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, statesman (b. )
 * -, French author (b. )
 * -, former U.S. First Lady & widow of President (b. )
 * -, architect (b. )
 * -, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. )
 * -, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. )

July - December

 * -, astronomer (b. )
 * August -, empress consort of Ethiopia (b. )
 * -, Austrian violinist (b. )
 * -, Scottish geologist (b. )
 * -, British poet and novelist (b. )
 * -, Georgian writer and saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church (b. )
 * -, Norwegian composer (b. )
 * -, French writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, English bishop (b. )
 * -, Namibian rebel leader (b. c. 1875)
 * -, last ruling Duke of Parma (b. )
 * -, Polish writer, painter, and architect (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, queen consort of Saxony (b. )
 * -, Irish-born physicist and engineer (b. )
 * -, mother of Adolf Hitler (b. )

Nobel prizes

 * - ("in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author").
 * - ("in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author").
 * - ("in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author").
 * - ("in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author").