Year
1907 (
MCMVII) was a
common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower
Julian calendar).
- Contents (full)
- 1 Events of 1907
- : - Jan. . Feb. . March . April
- : - May . June . July . Aug.
- : - Sept. . Oct. . Nov. . Dec.
- : - Undated . Ongoing .
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
- 4 Nobel Prizes
- 5 See also - Notes - External links
Events of 1907
January - February
February - The French warship
Jean Bart sinks off the coast of
Morocco.
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 Toulon; 120 lives lost.
- 1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt.
- March 5 - The new Duma is opened in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
- March 15 - 16 - 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.
- March 18 - First and only train robbery in Sweden (as of 2004)
- March 22 - The first cabs with taxi meters begins operating in London.
May - June
July - August
September - October
November - December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January-February
- January 12 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
- January 20 - Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
- January 22 - Dixie Dean, English football phenomenon (d. 1980)
- January 23 - Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
- February 1 - Günter Eich, German writer (d. 1972)
- February 15
- Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)
- Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
- February 17 - Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (d. 1983)
- February 18 - Oscar Brodney, American screenwriter
- February 21 - W. H. Auden, English poet (d. 1973)
- February 22
- Sheldon Leonard, American actor, writer, director, and producer (d. 1997)
- Robert Young, American actor (d. 1998)
- February 27 - Mildred Bailey, American singer (d. 1951)
March-April
- March 8 - Constantine Karamanlis, Greek politician (d. 1998)
- March 9 - Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian of religions and writer (d. 1986)
- March 12
- Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer (d. 2007)
- Arthur Hewlett, actor (d. 1997)
- March 15 - Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)
- March 18 - John Zachary Young, English biologist (d. 1997)
- March 22 - Lucia dos Santos, Potuguese nun and visionary (d. 2005)
- March 23 - Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1992)
- March 29 - "Braguinha", Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
- April 1 - Dr. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji, Indian born social reformer
- April 11 - Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (d. 2001)
- April 12 - Felix de Weldon, Austrian-born sculptor (d. 2003)
- April 13 - Harold Stassen, American politician (d. 2001)
- April 15 - Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ornithologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1988)
- April 23 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975)
- April 24 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
- April 29
- Tino Rossi, French singer (d. 1983)
- Fred Zinnemann, Austrian director (d. 1997)
May-June
- May 1 - Oliver Hill, Civil Rights Attorney (d. 2007)
- May 2 - Pinky Lee, American comedian (d. 1993)
- May 9 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi official (d. 1974)
- May 11 - Rose Ausländer, German poet (d. 1988)
- May 12 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
- May 13 - Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
- May 14
- Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
- Johnny Moss, American poker player (d. 1995)
- May 22
- Hergé, Belgian comics author (d. 1983)
- Lord Laurence Olivier, Prolific English actor of stage and screen and director (d. 1989)
- May 25 - U Nu, Burmese politician (d. 1995)
- May 26
- John Wayne, American actor (d. 1979)
- Rachel Carson, American environmental writer (d. 1964)
- May 30 - Elly Beinhorn, German pilot
- June 14
- Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d. 1978)
- René Char, French poet (d. 1988)
- June 19 - Clarence Wiseman, Salvation Army general (d. 1985)
- June 23 - James Meade, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- June 25 - J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)
- June 28 Franciszka Themerson, Polish, later British, artist and film-maker (d. 1989)
July-August
- July 6 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (d. 1954)
- July 7 - Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction author (d. 1988)
- July 16
- Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
- Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (d. 1995)
- July 19 - Paul Magloire, President of Haiti (d. 2001)
- July 22 - Zubir Said, Singaporean composer who composed Singapore's national anthem (d. 1987)
- July 27
- Richard Beesly, British Olympic gold medal rower (d. 1965)
- Ross Alexander, American actor (d. 1937)
- August 2 - Mary Hamman, American writer and editor, modern living editor LIFE and eidtor in chief Bride & Home (d. 1984)
- August 7 - Albert Kotin, American abstract expressionist painter (d. 1980)
- August 8 - Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003)
- August 12 - Joe Besser, American comedian (d. 1988)
- August 13 - Viscount William Waldorf Astor, British politician (d. 1966)
- August 21 - Hy Zaret, American lyricist and composer (d. 2007)
- August 31 - Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician
September-October
- September 2 - Evelyn Hooker, psychologist (d. 1996)
- September 3 - Loren Eiseley, Nebraska author, USA (d. 1977)
- September 12
- Spud Chandler, baseball player (d. 1990)
- Louis MacNeice, Northern Irish poet (d. 1963)
- September 15 - Fay Wray, Canadian-born actress (d. 2004)
- September 18
- Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
- Edwin McMillan, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
- September 23 - Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, Pretender to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976)
- September 26 - Bep van Klaveren, Dutch boxer (d. 1992)
- September 27 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and writer (d. 2003)
- September 29
- Gene Autry, American actor (d. 1998)
- George W. Jenkins, American businessman (d. 1996)
- October 2
- Víctor Paz Estenssoro, President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
- Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish chemist, Nobel Prize luarete (d. 1997)
- October 4 - Run Run Shaw, Hong Kong media mogul
- October 5 - Mrs. Miller, American singer (d. 1997)
- October 6 - Francisco Gabilondo Soler, (d. 1990)
- October 9 - Lord Hailsham, British politician (d. 2001)
- October 15 - Varian Fry, American journalist and rescuer (d. 1967)
- October 19 - Roger Wolfe Kahn, American bandleader (d. 1962)
- October 22 - Jimmie Foxx, baseball player (d. 1967)
- October 28 - John Harold Hewitt, Irish poet (d. 1987)
- October 30 - Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995)
November-December
- November 14
- Howard W. Hunter, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)
- Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children's writer (d. 2002)
- William Steig, American cartoonist (d. 2003)
- November 16 - Burgess Meredith, American actor (d. 1997)
- November 18 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
- November 26 - Ruth Patrick, botanist
- November 27 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (d. 2000)
- November 28 - Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (d. 1990)
- November 30 - Jacques Barzun, French born historian
- December 10 - Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
- December 12 - Roy Douglas, British composer
- December 15 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect
- December 19 - Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-born boxer (d. 2004)
- December 22 - Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (d. 1991)
- December 23 - James Roosevelt, American businessman and politician (d. 1991)
- December 25 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (d. 1988)
- December 27 - Johann Wilhelm Trollmann, German boxer (d. 1943)
- date unknown
- Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (d. 1973)
- Zhang Chongren, Chinese artist (d. 1998)
- probable - Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)
Deaths
January - June
- January 14 - Hermann Iseke, doctor (b. 1856)
- January 31 - Timothy Eaton, Canadian department store founder (b. 1834)
- February 2 - Dmitri Mendeleev, Russian chemist (b. 1834)
- February 16
- Giosuè Carducci, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
- Clémentine of Orléans, daughter of King Louis-Philippe of France (b. 1817)
- February 20 - Henri Moissan, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
- February 26 - C. W. Alcock, English footballer, journalist, and football promoter (b. 1842)
- March 10 - George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn, industrialist (b. 1836)
- March 11 - Jean Casimir-Perier, President of France (b. 1847)
- March 19 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (b. 1836)
- March 23 - Konstantin Pobedonostsev, statesman (b. 1827)
- May 12 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
- May 26 - Ida Saxton McKinley, former U.S. First Lady & widow of President William McKinley (b. 1847)
- June 6 - J. A. Chatwin, architect (b. 1830)
- June 25 - John Hall, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
July - December
- July 13 - Heinrich Kreutz, astronomer (b. 1854)
- August - Dinqinesh Mercha, empress consort of Ethiopia (b. 1815)
- August 15 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
- August 16 - James Hector, Scottish geologist (b. 1834)
- August 25 - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge, British poet and novelist (b. 1861)
- August 30 - Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian writer and saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church (b. 1837)
- September 4 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
- September 6 - Sully Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
- September 19 - Jakobus Morenga, Namibian rebel leader (b. c. 1875)
- November 16 - Robert I, Duke of Parma, last ruling Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
- November 28 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish writer, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
- December 8 - King Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
- December 15 - Carola of Vasa, queen consort of Saxony (b. 1833)
- December 17 - Lord Kelvin, Irish-born physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
- December 21 - Klara Hitler, mother of Adolf Hitler (b. 1860)
Nobel prizes
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