1907

Events

1. 6 January

   Maria Montessori opens her first Casa dei Bambini

   In a tenement in Rome's San Lorenzo district, Montessori opened a 'children's house' for working families. The child-led methods she developed there spread to schools across the world.

2. 14 January

   Earthquake and fire destroy much of Kingston, Jamaica

   An earthquake and the fires that followed wrecked Jamaica's capital, killing about 1,000 people. Much of the city's historic core was rebuilt in reinforced concrete.

   Jamaica

3. Treaty

   Anglo-Russian Convention

   The Anglo-Russian Convention was an agreement of 1907 between Britain and the Russian Empire settling their rivalries in Central Asia.

4. Event

   Harvester case

   The Harvester case of 1907 was a decision of Justice H.

5. Revolt

   Nyangire revolt

   The Nyangire revolt was a protest movement in Bunyoro in 1907 against the Ganda chiefs that the British had appointed over Nyoro districts.

In the profiles

• Austro-Hungarian EmpireAustria introduces universal male suffrage for the Reichsrat
• Swazi KingdomThe Partition Proclamation leaves the Swazi only about a third of their land
• Cherokee NationOklahoma statehood ends the Nation’s self-government

Wars and longer events

• Gwangmu ReformEnded · 1897–1907

Born in 1907 16

• Konstantinos Karamanlis1907–1998
• U Nu1907–1995
• Víctor Paz Estenssoro1907–2001
• Claus von Stauffenberg1907–1944
• Hergé1907–1983
• Lê Duẩn1907–1986
• Savang Vatthana1907–c. 1980
• Ayub Khan1907–1974
• Enrique Líster1907–1994
• Ernesto Geisel1907–1996
• François Duvalier1907–1971
• Pierre Mendès France1907–1982
• Ramon Magsaysay1907–1957
• Roy Welensky1907–1991
• Albert Henry1907–1981
• Terentii Shtykov1907–1964

Died in 1907 6

• Henry Colvile1852–1907
• Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar1853–1907
• Andrew Inglis Clark1848–1907
• Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden1826–1907
• Macario Sakay1878–1907
• Edvard Grieg1843–1907

Works 2

• MaragtasWork / monument
• Supplementary Fundamental LawWork / monument

States founded 4

• Dominion of New Zealand 1907 CE – 1947 CE
• Dominion of Newfoundland 1907 CE – 1949 CE
• Kingdom of Bhutan 1907 CE – present
• Nyasaland 1907 CE – 1964 CE

States that came to an end 4

• British Central Africa Protectorate 1891 CE – 1907 CE
• Cherokee Nation 1794 CE – 1907 CE
• Colony of New Zealand 1841 CE – 1907 CE
• Zhabdrung Bhutan 1616 CE – 1907 CE