WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1907
Find out what all happened January to November 1907

Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance. (31. August 1907)

Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland. (17. October 1907)

The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. (29. August 1907)

Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, Washington, opened. (17. August 1907)

Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. (15. August 1907)

In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater. (28. November 1907)

The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England. (9. August 1907)

The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session. (23. May 1907)

Černová massacre: Fifteen people are killed in the Hungarian half of Austria-Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration. This would led to protests over the treatment of minorities in Austria-Hungary. (27. October 1907)

Norway grants women the right to vote. (14. June 1907)

The first Isle of Man TT race was held. (28. May 1907)

The 1907 Tiflis bank robbery took place in Yerevan Square, now Freedom Square, Tbilisi. (26. June 1907)

The Mud March is the first large procession organized by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). (7. February 1907)

The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday. (9. November 1907)

Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City. (7. July 1907)

The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital. (29. September 1907)

Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city. (30. April 1907)

An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000. (14. January 1907)

The Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk III is officially introduced into British Military Service, and remains the second oldest military rifle still in official use. (26. January 1907)

Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania, sister ship of RMS Lusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City. (16. November 1907)

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