1907
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s - 1900s - 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years: 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 - 1907 - 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912
Events:
- January 6 - Maria Montessori opens her first school, in Rome
- January 14 - An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than a 1,000
- February 11 - Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die.
- September 26 - New Zealand becomes a dominion
- The triode thermionic amplifier invented by Lee DeForest, starting the development of electronics as a practical technology.
- The Autochrome Lumière is the first color photography process marketed.
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1907 in film
- 1907 in literature
- The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
- 1907 in music
- 1907 in sports
Births:
- January 3 - Ray Milland, actor (+ 1986)
- February 11 - E W Swanton, author & sports commentator.
- February 21 - W. H. Auden, English poet.
- May 22 - Herge, Belgian writer-artist
- July 6 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter
- July 7 - Robert Heinlein, American (science fiction author).
- November 14 - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author of childrens books.
Deaths:
- January 20 - Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev periodic table
- February 11 - Peter J Savelberg, Dutch monastery founder
- May 12 - Joris-Karl Huysmans, author
- September 4 - Edvard Grieg, composer