WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1907
Find out what all happened January to August 1907

The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement. (1. August 1907)

Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. (29. January 1907)

32 Shriners are killed when their chartered train derails at a switch near Surf Depot in Lompoc, California. (11. May 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)

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

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

Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy. (6. January 1907)

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

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

Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California. (27. May 1907)

The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published. (24. March 1907)

George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket. (11. June 1907)

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

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

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

The passenger steamer SS Columbia collides with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, causing the Columbia to sink killing 88 people. (21. July 1907)

The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens. (22. June 1907)

The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day. (17. April 1907)

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

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