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Year '''1907''' ('''[[Roman numerals|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]]).
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==Events of 1907==
===January - February===
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*January
**The British steamship ''Pengwern'' founders in the [[North Sea]]: crew and 24 men lost.
**The ''Prinz Waldemar'', Hamburg-American line, runs aground at Kingston, Jamaica, after an earthquake; three lives lost.
* [[January 1]] - [[Daniel J. Tobin]] becomes president of the [[Teamsters]], beginning a 45-year presidency
* [[January 6]] - [[Maria Montessori]] opens her first school and daycare center for [[working class]] children in [[Rome]] (''Casa dei Bambini'' in San Lorenzo).
* [[January 14]] - An earthquake in [[Kingston, Jamaica]] kills more than 1,000.
* [[January 14]] - The Pyongyang Revival takes place.
* [[January 23]] - [[Charles Curtis]] from [[Kansas]] becomes the first [[Indigenous peoples in the United States|Native American]] [[United States Senate|US Senator]].
[[Image:Kingston.png|thumb|200px|right| [[January 14]]: [[Earthquake]] in [[Jamaica]].]]
*[[February 11]] - The French warship [[French cruiser Jean Bart (1886)|''Jean Bart'']] sinks off the coast of [[Morocco]].
*[[February 7]]- The "[[Mud March (Suffragists)|Mud March]]", the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies ([[NUWSS]]), takes place in [[London]].
* [[February 12]] - The steamship ''Larchmont'' collides with the ''Harry Hamilton'' in [[Long Island Sound]]; 183 lives lost.
* [[February 21]] - English mail steamship ''Berlin'' wrecked off the [[Hook of Holland]]; 142 lives lost.
* [[February 24]] - The Austrian Lloyd steamship ''Imperatrix'', from [[Trieste]] to [[Bombay]], 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 [[Toulon]]; 120 lives lost.
**[[1907 Romanian Peasants' Revolt]].
* [[March 5]] - The new [[State Duma]] is opened in [[St. Petersburg, Russia]] and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by [[Russia]]n troops.
* [[March 15]] - [[March 16|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 [[taxicab]]s with [[Taximeter|taxi meter]]s begin operating in London.
[[Image:USS Kansas BB-21.jpg|thumb|220px|right| [[April 18]]: [[USS Kansas (BB-21)|USS ''Kansas'' (BB-21)]].]]
*April - The April 1907 issue of ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine displays the cover price "One Dollar a Year" (under title).
* [[April 1]] - [[Hurlstone Agricultural High School]] is founded.
* [[April 7]] - [[HersheyPark]] opens in [[Hershey]], [[Pennsylvania]].
* [[April 11]] - At Porto Cortez, [[Honduras]], 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.
* [[April 18]] - The [[USS Kansas (BB-21)|USS ''Kansas'' (BB-21)]], a [[Connecticut class battleship|''Connecticut''-class battleship]], is commissioned.
===May - June===
* [[May 7]] - Seattle film maker William Harbeck sets up a camera at the front of a B.C. Electric streetcar and films the downtown streets of [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. Pieces of the film, the earliest survivng of the city<ref>[http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/archives_harbeck_film.htm Vancouver History Archives: Harbeck film]</ref>, have disappeared, only about 7 minutes remain.<ref>[http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/byform/mailing-lists/amia-l/2005/11/msg00202.html Request by Vancouver Public Library for further information]</ref>
* [[June 1]] - [[Colin Blythe]] 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 [[first-class cricket]] until [[1956]].
* [[June 5]] - [[Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha]], a sect of Hinduism which was established by Swami Yagnapurushdas.
* [[June 11]] - [[George Dennett]], aided by [[Gilbert Jessop]], dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in [[first-class cricket]].
* [[June 15]] - The [[Second Hague Peace Conference]] is held.
===July - August===
*July - Steamship ''Columbia'' is sunk off [[Shelton Cove]], California, in collision with steamship ''San Pedro''; 50 lives lost.
* [[July 6]] - Guardians of [[Irish Crown Jewels]] notice that they have been stolen.
* [[July 19]] - Turkish football club [[Fenerbahce]] is founded.
* [[July 25]] - [[Korea]] becomes a [[protectorate]] of [[Japan]].
* [[August 1]]-[[August 9|9]] - [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Baden-Powell]] leads the first [[Scouting|Scout]] camp on [[Brownsea Island Scout camp|Brownsea Island]], [[United Kingdom|England]].
*[[August 17]] - [[Pike Place Market]] in [[Seattle, Washington]] officially opens for business.
*[[August 24]] to [[August 31]] - [[International Anarchist Congress of Amsterdam]].
*[[August 28]] - [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] is founded by [[James E. Casey|James E. (Jim) Casey]] in [[Seattle, Washington]].
* [[August 31]] - Count [[Alexander Izvolsky]] and Sir [[Arthur Nicolson]] sign the [[Anglo-Russian Entente|St. Petersburg Convention]], which results in the establishment of the [[Triple Entente]].
===September - October===
* [[September 1]] - [[Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart]] is opened in [[Washington]]
* [[September 7]] - Maiden voyage of new passenger liner [[RMS Lusitania]] from Liverpool England to New York City.
* [[September 22]] - The transatlantic passenger ship [[Princess Yolanda]] sinks during its launch. <ref>http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9A04E3DA1F30E233A25750C2A96F9C946697D6CF&oref=slogin</ref>
* [[September 26]] - [[New Zealand]] and [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] become [[dominion]]s.
*[[October]] - A committee of the [[Delegation for the Adoption of an International Auxiliary Language]], made up of academics including [[Otto Jespersen]], [[Wilhelm Ostwald]] and [[Roland Eotvos]] meet in [[Paris]] to select a [[international auxiliary language|language for international use]]. The committee ultimately decides to reform [[Esperanto]].
*[[October 17]] - [[Guglielmo Marconi]] initiated commercial transatlantic radio communications between his high power [[longwave]] wireless telegraphy stations in [[Clifden]] Ireland and [[Glace Bay, Nova Scotia]].
*[[October 24]] - A major [[United States|American]] financial crisis is averted when [[J. P. Morgan]], [[E. H. Harriman]], [[James Stillman]], [[Henry Clay Frick]], and other [[Wall Street]] financiers create a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging [[New York Stock Exchange]], ending the bank [[panic of 1907]].<ref>See also [[Federal Reserve System]]</ref>
*[[October 27]] - The [[Černová tragedy]]. Fifteen people are shot during the consecration of the Catholic church in [[Slovakia]].
*The first non-profit school in California is created, [[Polytechnic School]].
===November - December===
* [[November 7]] - ΔΣΠ '''([[Delta Sigma Pi]])''', a [[co-ed]] [[Professional fraternity|professional]] business [[Fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] was founded on at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, [[New York University]], [[New York City|New York]], [[New York]].
* [[November 16]] - [[Indian Territory]] and [[Oklahoma Territory]] become [[Oklahoma]], which is admitted as the 46th [[U.S. state]].
* Maiden voyage of new & largest passenger liner [[RMS Mauretania]] from Liverpool England to New York City.
* [[December 6]] - [[Monongah Mining Disaster]]: A coal mine explosion kills 362 workers in [[Monongah, West Virginia]].
* [[December 19]] - Explosion in coal mine in [[Jacobs Creek (Pennsylvania)|Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania]] - 239 dead.
*[[December 31]] - First electric ball drops in [[Times Square]].<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/nyregion/thecity/30ball.html?em&ex=1199163600&en=7790b3f5ff1c4108&ei=5087%0A New York Times 12 December 2007]</ref>
===Undated===
* The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' of [[868]], a Buddhist scripture later dated as earliest example of block [[printing]], is discovered in the [[Mogao Caves]].
* 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.
* First [[parliamentary election]]s in the [[Philippines]].
* [[Adlon Hotel]] finished in Berlin.
* The [[Moine Thrust Belt]] in [[Scotland]] becomes the first thrust belt to be discovered in the world.
* The [[Lockport Powerhouse]] is built.
* James Murray Spangler invents the first [[The Hoover Company|Hoover]] [[vacuum cleaner]].
* The [[Finnish language|Finnish]] epic, [[Kalevala]] published for the second time in [[English Language|English]], this time by [[William Forsell Kirby]].
* [[Lancaster Girls' Grammar School]] is founded.
* [[Chelmsford County High School for Girls]] is officially opened.
===Ongoing===
*[[Herero and Namaqua Genocide]] in German [[South-West Africa]] (modern Namibia).
==Births==
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===January-February===
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*[[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 in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1981]])
*[[February 1]] - [[Guenter Eich|Günter Eich]], German writer (d. [[1972]])
*[[February 12]] - [[Clifton C. Edom]], American photojournalism educator (d. [[1991]])
*[[February 13]] - [[Katy de la Cruz]], Filipino singer (d. [[2004]])
*[[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 (actor)|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 (composer)|"Braguinha"]], Brazilian songwriter (d. [[2006]])
*[[March 30]] - [[Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte]], German Luftwaffe Officer (d. [[1994]])
*[[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 18]] - [[Bert Hazell]], British Labour Member of Parliament
*[[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===
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*[[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]])
**[[Laurence Olivier|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 (d. [[2007]])
**[[Germaine Tillion]], French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (d. [[2008]])
*[[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 in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1995]])
*[[June 25]] - [[J. Hans D. Jensen]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|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 editor 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]])
**[[Noriko Awaya]], Japanese singer (d. [[1999]])
*[[August 13]] - [[William Waldorf Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor|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 and civil rights lawmaker (d. [[2007]])
===September-October===
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*[[September 2]] - [[Evelyn Hooker]], psychologist (d. [[1996]])
*[[September 3]] - [[Loren Eiseley]], [[Nebraska]] author, [[United States|USA]] (d. [[1977]])
*[[September 4]] - [[Frances Griffiths]], [[Cottingley Fairies]] girl (d. [[1986]])
*[[September 12]]
**[[Spud Chandler]], 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 18]]
**[[Leon Askin]], Austrian actor (d. [[2005]])
**[[Edwin McMillan]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1991]])
*[[September 23]] - [[Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza|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, singer, and businessman (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 in Chemistry|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]] - [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|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===
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*[[November 10]] - [[John Moore (British author)|John Moore]], British author (d. [[1967]])
*[[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 15]], [[Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg]], German aristocrat and military officer (d. [[1944]])
*[[November 16]] - [[Burgess Meredith]], American actor (d. [[1997]])
*[[November 18]] - [[Compay Segundo]], Cuban musician ([[Buena Vista Social Club]]) (d. [[2003]])
*[[November 26]] - [[Ruth Patrick]], American 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]])
**[[Mohammed Abdel Wahab]], Egyptian singer and composer (d. [[1991]])
**[[Zhang Chongren]], Chinese artist (d. [[1998]])
*''probable'' - [[Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah]], King of Malaysia (d. [[1979]])
==Deaths==
===January - June===
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*[[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 in Literature|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 in Chemistry|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 (New Zealand)|John Hall]], Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. [[1824]])
===July - December===
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*[[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 in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1839]])
* [[September 9]] - [[Ernest Roland Wilberforce]], English bishop (b. [[1840]])
* [[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]] - [[Stanislaw Wyspianski|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]] - [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin|Lord Kelvin]], Irish-born physicist and engineer (b. [[1824]])
*[[December 21]] - [[Klara Hitler]], mother of Adolf Hitler (b. [[1860]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Albert Abraham Michelson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Eduard Buchner]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Rudyard Kipling]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Ernesto Teodoro Moneta]], [[Louis Renault (jurist)|Louis Renault]]
==Notes and References==
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