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  • Shaoshan village, Hunan Province, China
    1907
    Mao Zedong

    1st Marriage

    Shaoshan village, Hunan Province, China
    1907

    At age 13, Mao finished primary education, and his father united him in an arranged marriage to the 17-year-old Luo Yixiu, thereby uniting their land-owning families. Mao refused to recognise her as his wife, becoming a fierce critic of arranged marriage and temporarily moving away. Luo was locally disgraced and died in 1910.




  • Paris, France
    1907
    Pablo Picasso

    Kahnweiler's Gallary

    Paris, France
    1907

    In 1907, Picasso joined an art gallery that had recently been opened in Paris by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.




  • Vienna, Austria-Hungary, (Now Austria)
    1907
    Adolf Hitler

    Study fine art in Vienna

    Vienna, Austria-Hungary, (Now Austria)
    1907

    In 1907 Hitler left Linz to live and study fine art in Vienna, financed by orphan's benefits and support from his mother.




  • Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine (Russian Empire)
    1907
    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky designed and built His Own House In Ustilug

    Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine (Russian Empire)
    1907

    In 1907, Stravinsky designed and built his own house in Ustilug, which he called "my heavenly place". In this house, Stravinsky worked on seventeen of his early compositions, among them Feu d'artifice, The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. Recently renovated, the house is now a Stravinsky house-museum open to the public.




  • Osborne, East Cowes, United Kingdom
    1907
    Edward VIII

    Royal Naval College

    Osborne, East Cowes, United Kingdom
    1907

    Edward was kept under the strict tutorship of Hansell until almost thirteen years old. Private tutors taught him German and French. Edward took the examination to enter the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and began there in 1907. Hansell had wanted Edward to enter school earlier, but the prince's father had disagreed.




  • Germany
    1907
    Antibiotic

    The First Synthetic Antibacterial Organoarsenic Compound Salvarsan

    Germany
    1907

    Ehrlich noted certain dyes would color human, animal, or bacterial cells, whereas others did not. He then proposed the idea that it might be possible to create chemicals that would act as a selective drug that would bind to and kill bacteria without harming the human host. After screening hundreds of dyes against various organisms, in 1907, he discovered a medicinally useful drug, the first synthetic antibacterial organoarsenic compound salvarsan, now called arsphenamine.




  • Río Blanco, Veracruz, Mexico
    Monday Jan 7, 1907
    Mexican Revolution

    The Río Blanco Strike

    Río Blanco, Veracruz, Mexico
    Monday Jan 7, 1907

    In the state of Veracruz, textile workers rioted in January 1907 at the huge Río Blanco factory, the world's largest, protesting against unfair labor practices. They were paid in credit that could be used only at the company store, binding them to the company.


  • Kingston, Jamaica
    Monday Jan 14, 1907
    Marcus Garvey

    Kingston was hit by an earthquake

    Kingston, Jamaica
    Monday Jan 14, 1907

    In January 1907, Kingston was hit by an earthquake that reduced much of the city to rubble. He, his mother, and his sister were left to sleep in the open for several months.


  • Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Saturday Feb 2, 1907
    Dmitri Mendeleev

    The death of The Chemist

    Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Saturday Feb 2, 1907

    On 2 February 1907, Mendeleev died at the age of 72 in Saint Petersburg from influenza. His last words were to his physician: "Doctor, you have science, I have faith," which is possibly a Jules Verne quote.


  • Greenland
    Feb, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Loss of goal

    Greenland
    Feb, 1907

    As the six northbound dogsleds sped along the eastern coast of the Crown Prince Christian Land peninsula, Mylius Eriksen was feeling uneasy because the shore was leading them further to the northeast, which was not what he had expected. The distance to their goal was increasing, while time and provisions were running out.


  • Greenland
    Mar, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Ten sleds led left Danmarkshavn

    Greenland
    Mar, 1907

    Finally ten sleds led by Mylius Eriksen left Danmarkshavn at the end of March 1907,


  • Greenland
    Mar, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    The team entered a dead end

    Greenland
    Mar, 1907

    Mylius-Erichsen entered the unknown Danmark Fjord without having doubts about where it was leading to. The team traveled southwestwards until the head of the fjord and, becoming aware that it was a dead end, they backtracked to the northeast.


  • Greenland
    Mar, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Mylius Eriksen headed north on the coastal ice

    Greenland
    Mar, 1907

    Finally ten sleds led by Mylius Eriksen left Danmarkshavn at the end of March 1907, heading north on the coastal ice.


  • Greenland
    Apr, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Hagen Fjord was discovered by the team of the Denmark expedition

    Greenland
    Apr, 1907

    Hagen Fjord is a fjord in north-eastern Greenland. It was named after Niels Peter Høeg Hagen, the cartographer of the main exploration team of the ill-fated Denmark expedition.


  • Greenland
    Apr, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    The team began changing the direction northwestwards

    Greenland
    Apr, 1907

    Finally, at the end of April, they rounded the northeastern end of Greenland, an inconspicuous point where the ice slope of the Flade Isblink met the frozen sea, and began traveling northwestwards, in the direction they had hoped for.


  • U.S.
    Friday May 17, 1907
    Willis Carrier

    Law of constant dew-point depression

    U.S.
    Friday May 17, 1907

    In 1906 Carrier discovered that "constant dew-point depression provided practically constant relative humidity," which later became known among air conditioning engineers as the "law of constant dew-point depression". On this discovery he based the design of an automatic control system, for which he filed a patent claim on May 17, 1907. U.S. Patent 1,085,971 was issued on February 3, 1914.


  • Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
    Wednesday May 22, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Huanggang Uprising

    Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
    Wednesday May 22, 1907

    The Huanggang Uprising was launched on 22 May 1907, in Chaozhou. The Revolutionary party, along with Xu Xueqiu , Chen Yongpo and Yu Tongshi, launched the uprising and captured Huanggang city. Other Japanese that followed include and. After the uprising began, the Qing government quickly and forcefully suppressed it. Around 200 revolutionaries were killed.


  • Greenland
    1907
    Denmark expedition

    The fateful decision

    Greenland
    1907

    Initially Mylius-Erichsen agreed to go back with Koch to the ship, but then he took the fateful decision to head west, leaving on 28 May.


  • Huizhou, Guangdong, China
    Sunday Jun 2, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Huizhou Qinühu Uprising

    Huizhou, Guangdong, China
    Sunday Jun 2, 1907

    On 2 June, Deng Zhiyu and Chen Chuan gathered some followers, and together, they seized Qing arms in the lake, 20 km (12 mi) from Huizhou. They killed several Qing soldiers and attacked Taiwei on 5 June. The Qing army fled in disorder, and the revolutionaries exploited the opportunity, capturing several towns. They defeated the Qing army once again in Bazhiyie. Many organizations voiced their support after the uprising, and the number of revolutionary forces increased to two hundred men at its height. The uprising, however, ultimately failed.


  • Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    The team explored Brønlunds Fjord

    Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907

    On the way back, the team explored Brønlunds Fjord and Hagens Fjord. Sudden mild weather then impeded their progress, and when they reached the western side of Danmarks Fjord on 12 June, they found their way across the ice blocked by open water.


  • Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Team continued traveling inland

    Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907

    Team reached the cliffs of Mallemuk Mountain, but found open water that made it impossible for them to travel straight southwards, so the exhausted men had to travel inland on 19 October 1907, the day the sun disappeared below the horizon.


  • Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    1907
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line

    Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    1907

    Du Bois soon founded and edited another vehicle for his polemics, The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line, which debuted in 1907. Freeman H. M. Murray and Lafayette M. Hershaw served as The Horizon's co-editors.


  • China
    Jul, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Several Members of Tongmenhui advocated a Revolution In The area of The Yangtze River

    China
    Jul, 1907

    In July 1907 several members of Tongmenhui in Tokyo advocated a revolution in the area of the Yangtze River.


  • Anqing, Anhui, China
    Saturday Jul 6, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Anqing Uprising

    Anqing, Anhui, China
    Saturday Jul 6, 1907

    On 6 July 1907, Xu Xilin of Guangfuhui led an uprising in Anqing, Anhui, which became known as the Anqing Uprising. Xu Xilin at the time was the police commissioner as well as the supervisor of the police academy. He led an uprising that was to assassinate the provincial governor of Anhui, En Ming. They were defeated after four hours of fighting. Xu was captured, and En Ming's bodyguards cut out his heart and liver and ate them. His cousin Qiu Jin was executed a few days later.


  • Greenland
    Sunday Jul 21, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Erichsen dead

    Greenland
    Sunday Jul 21, 1907

    Mylius-Erichsen's death cast a pall over the whole expedition, its results didn't receive the attention they deserved.


  • Qinzhou, Guangxi, China
    Aug, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Qinzhou Uprising

    Qinzhou, Guangxi, China
    Aug, 1907

    From August to September 1907, the Qinzhou Uprising occurred to protest against heavy taxation from the government. Sun Yat-sen sent Wang Heshun there to assist the revolutionary army and captured the county in September. After that, they attempted to besiege and capture Qinzhou, but they were unsuccessful. They eventually retreated to the area of Shiwandashan, while Wang Heshun returned to Vietnam.


  • Kilmun, Scotland, United Kingdom
    1907
    Elizabeth Blackwell

    Blackwell fell down a flight of stairs

    Kilmun, Scotland, United Kingdom
    1907

    In 1907, while holidaying in Kilmun, Scotland, Blackwell fell down a flight of stairs, and was left almost completely mentally and physically disabled.


  • Leipziger Straße 4, Berlin, German Empire(Present Day Germany)
    1907
    Gustav Stresemann

    Becoming a member in the Reichstag

    Leipziger Straße 4, Berlin, German Empire(Present Day Germany)
    1907

    In 1907, Stresemann was elected to the Reichstag, where he soon became a close associate of party chairman Ernst Bassermann.


  • Greenland
    Oct, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Teams split into two teams of three dogsleds

    Greenland
    Oct, 1907

    Teams split into two teams of three dogsleds each; Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Niels Peter Høeg Hagen and Jørgen Brønlund, went westward hugging the coast, in the direction that they deemed would lead them to Gletscher Cape and Navy Cliff —at the head of Independence Fjord. Meanwhile the other team —with Johan Peter Koch, Aage Bertelsen and Tobias Gabrielsen— sped northwestwards across the sea ice towards Cape Bridgman in order to map the uncharted coast sections of eastern Peary Land.


  • Guangxi, China
    Sunday Dec 1, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Zhennanguan Uprising

    Guangxi, China
    Sunday Dec 1, 1907

    On 1 December 1907, the Zhennanguan Uprising took place at Zhennanguan, a pass on the Chinese-Vietnamese border. Sun Yat-sen sent Huang Mintang to monitor the pass, which was guarded by a fort. With the assistance of supporters among the fort's defenders, the revolutionaries captured the cannon tower in Zhennanguan. Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and Hu Hanmin personally went to the tower to command the battle. The Qing government sent troops led by Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting to counterattack, and the revolutionaries were forced to retreat into the mountainous areas. After the failure of this uprising, Sun was forced to move to Singapore due to anti-Sun sentiments within the revolutionary groups. He would not return to the mainland until after the Wuchang Uprising.


  • Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
    Dec, 1907
    Father's Day

    Monongah Mining Disaster

    Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
    Dec, 1907

    Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father, when in December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested that her pastor Robert Thomas Webb honor all those fathers. Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside Fairmont for several reasons; among them were the city was overwhelmed by other events, the celebration was never promoted outside the town itself, and no proclamation of it was made by the city council. Also, two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4, 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows, including a hot-air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old girl on July 4. The local church and council were overwhelmed and they did not even think of promoting the event, and it was not celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced by the press and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event and never talked to other persons about it.


  • Shaoshan village, Hunan Province, China
    1907
    Mao Zedong

    1st Marriage

    Shaoshan village, Hunan Province, China
    1907

    At age 13, Mao finished primary education, and his father united him in an arranged marriage to the 17-year-old Luo Yixiu, thereby uniting their land-owning families. Mao refused to recognise her as his wife, becoming a fierce critic of arranged marriage and temporarily moving away. Luo was locally disgraced and died in 1910.


  • Paris, France
    1907
    Pablo Picasso

    Kahnweiler's Gallary

    Paris, France
    1907

    In 1907, Picasso joined an art gallery that had recently been opened in Paris by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.


  • Vienna, Austria-Hungary, (Now Austria)
    1907
    Adolf Hitler

    Study fine art in Vienna

    Vienna, Austria-Hungary, (Now Austria)
    1907

    In 1907 Hitler left Linz to live and study fine art in Vienna, financed by orphan's benefits and support from his mother.


  • Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine (Russian Empire)
    1907
    Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky designed and built His Own House In Ustilug

    Ustyluh, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine (Russian Empire)
    1907

    In 1907, Stravinsky designed and built his own house in Ustilug, which he called "my heavenly place". In this house, Stravinsky worked on seventeen of his early compositions, among them Feu d'artifice, The Firebird, Petrushka, and The Rite of Spring. Recently renovated, the house is now a Stravinsky house-museum open to the public.


  • Osborne, East Cowes, United Kingdom
    1907
    Edward VIII

    Royal Naval College

    Osborne, East Cowes, United Kingdom
    1907

    Edward was kept under the strict tutorship of Hansell until almost thirteen years old. Private tutors taught him German and French. Edward took the examination to enter the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and began there in 1907. Hansell had wanted Edward to enter school earlier, but the prince's father had disagreed.


  • Germany
    1907
    Antibiotic

    The First Synthetic Antibacterial Organoarsenic Compound Salvarsan

    Germany
    1907

    Ehrlich noted certain dyes would color human, animal, or bacterial cells, whereas others did not. He then proposed the idea that it might be possible to create chemicals that would act as a selective drug that would bind to and kill bacteria without harming the human host. After screening hundreds of dyes against various organisms, in 1907, he discovered a medicinally useful drug, the first synthetic antibacterial organoarsenic compound salvarsan, now called arsphenamine.


  • Río Blanco, Veracruz, Mexico
    Monday Jan 7, 1907
    Mexican Revolution

    The Río Blanco Strike

    Río Blanco, Veracruz, Mexico
    Monday Jan 7, 1907

    In the state of Veracruz, textile workers rioted in January 1907 at the huge Río Blanco factory, the world's largest, protesting against unfair labor practices. They were paid in credit that could be used only at the company store, binding them to the company.


  • Kingston, Jamaica
    Monday Jan 14, 1907
    Marcus Garvey

    Kingston was hit by an earthquake

    Kingston, Jamaica
    Monday Jan 14, 1907

    In January 1907, Kingston was hit by an earthquake that reduced much of the city to rubble. He, his mother, and his sister were left to sleep in the open for several months.


  • Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Saturday Feb 2, 1907
    Dmitri Mendeleev

    The death of The Chemist

    Saint Petersburg, Russia
    Saturday Feb 2, 1907

    On 2 February 1907, Mendeleev died at the age of 72 in Saint Petersburg from influenza. His last words were to his physician: "Doctor, you have science, I have faith," which is possibly a Jules Verne quote.


  • Greenland
    Feb, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Loss of goal

    Greenland
    Feb, 1907

    As the six northbound dogsleds sped along the eastern coast of the Crown Prince Christian Land peninsula, Mylius Eriksen was feeling uneasy because the shore was leading them further to the northeast, which was not what he had expected. The distance to their goal was increasing, while time and provisions were running out.


  • Greenland
    Mar, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Ten sleds led left Danmarkshavn

    Greenland
    Mar, 1907

    Finally ten sleds led by Mylius Eriksen left Danmarkshavn at the end of March 1907,


  • Greenland
    Mar, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    The team entered a dead end

    Greenland
    Mar, 1907

    Mylius-Erichsen entered the unknown Danmark Fjord without having doubts about where it was leading to. The team traveled southwestwards until the head of the fjord and, becoming aware that it was a dead end, they backtracked to the northeast.


  • Greenland
    Mar, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Mylius Eriksen headed north on the coastal ice

    Greenland
    Mar, 1907

    Finally ten sleds led by Mylius Eriksen left Danmarkshavn at the end of March 1907, heading north on the coastal ice.


  • Greenland
    Apr, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Hagen Fjord was discovered by the team of the Denmark expedition

    Greenland
    Apr, 1907

    Hagen Fjord is a fjord in north-eastern Greenland. It was named after Niels Peter Høeg Hagen, the cartographer of the main exploration team of the ill-fated Denmark expedition.


  • Greenland
    Apr, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    The team began changing the direction northwestwards

    Greenland
    Apr, 1907

    Finally, at the end of April, they rounded the northeastern end of Greenland, an inconspicuous point where the ice slope of the Flade Isblink met the frozen sea, and began traveling northwestwards, in the direction they had hoped for.


  • U.S.
    Friday May 17, 1907
    Willis Carrier

    Law of constant dew-point depression

    U.S.
    Friday May 17, 1907

    In 1906 Carrier discovered that "constant dew-point depression provided practically constant relative humidity," which later became known among air conditioning engineers as the "law of constant dew-point depression". On this discovery he based the design of an automatic control system, for which he filed a patent claim on May 17, 1907. U.S. Patent 1,085,971 was issued on February 3, 1914.


  • Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
    Wednesday May 22, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Huanggang Uprising

    Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
    Wednesday May 22, 1907

    The Huanggang Uprising was launched on 22 May 1907, in Chaozhou. The Revolutionary party, along with Xu Xueqiu , Chen Yongpo and Yu Tongshi, launched the uprising and captured Huanggang city. Other Japanese that followed include and. After the uprising began, the Qing government quickly and forcefully suppressed it. Around 200 revolutionaries were killed.


  • Greenland
    1907
    Denmark expedition

    The fateful decision

    Greenland
    1907

    Initially Mylius-Erichsen agreed to go back with Koch to the ship, but then he took the fateful decision to head west, leaving on 28 May.


  • Huizhou, Guangdong, China
    Sunday Jun 2, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Huizhou Qinühu Uprising

    Huizhou, Guangdong, China
    Sunday Jun 2, 1907

    On 2 June, Deng Zhiyu and Chen Chuan gathered some followers, and together, they seized Qing arms in the lake, 20 km (12 mi) from Huizhou. They killed several Qing soldiers and attacked Taiwei on 5 June. The Qing army fled in disorder, and the revolutionaries exploited the opportunity, capturing several towns. They defeated the Qing army once again in Bazhiyie. Many organizations voiced their support after the uprising, and the number of revolutionary forces increased to two hundred men at its height. The uprising, however, ultimately failed.


  • Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    The team explored Brønlunds Fjord

    Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907

    On the way back, the team explored Brønlunds Fjord and Hagens Fjord. Sudden mild weather then impeded their progress, and when they reached the western side of Danmarks Fjord on 12 June, they found their way across the ice blocked by open water.


  • Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Team continued traveling inland

    Greenland
    Wednesday Jun 12, 1907

    Team reached the cliffs of Mallemuk Mountain, but found open water that made it impossible for them to travel straight southwards, so the exhausted men had to travel inland on 19 October 1907, the day the sun disappeared below the horizon.


  • Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    1907
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line

    Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    1907

    Du Bois soon founded and edited another vehicle for his polemics, The Horizon: A Journal of the Color Line, which debuted in 1907. Freeman H. M. Murray and Lafayette M. Hershaw served as The Horizon's co-editors.


  • China
    Jul, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Several Members of Tongmenhui advocated a Revolution In The area of The Yangtze River

    China
    Jul, 1907

    In July 1907 several members of Tongmenhui in Tokyo advocated a revolution in the area of the Yangtze River.


  • Anqing, Anhui, China
    Saturday Jul 6, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Anqing Uprising

    Anqing, Anhui, China
    Saturday Jul 6, 1907

    On 6 July 1907, Xu Xilin of Guangfuhui led an uprising in Anqing, Anhui, which became known as the Anqing Uprising. Xu Xilin at the time was the police commissioner as well as the supervisor of the police academy. He led an uprising that was to assassinate the provincial governor of Anhui, En Ming. They were defeated after four hours of fighting. Xu was captured, and En Ming's bodyguards cut out his heart and liver and ate them. His cousin Qiu Jin was executed a few days later.


  • Greenland
    Sunday Jul 21, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Erichsen dead

    Greenland
    Sunday Jul 21, 1907

    Mylius-Erichsen's death cast a pall over the whole expedition, its results didn't receive the attention they deserved.


  • Qinzhou, Guangxi, China
    Aug, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Qinzhou Uprising

    Qinzhou, Guangxi, China
    Aug, 1907

    From August to September 1907, the Qinzhou Uprising occurred to protest against heavy taxation from the government. Sun Yat-sen sent Wang Heshun there to assist the revolutionary army and captured the county in September. After that, they attempted to besiege and capture Qinzhou, but they were unsuccessful. They eventually retreated to the area of Shiwandashan, while Wang Heshun returned to Vietnam.


  • Kilmun, Scotland, United Kingdom
    1907
    Elizabeth Blackwell

    Blackwell fell down a flight of stairs

    Kilmun, Scotland, United Kingdom
    1907

    In 1907, while holidaying in Kilmun, Scotland, Blackwell fell down a flight of stairs, and was left almost completely mentally and physically disabled.


  • Leipziger Straße 4, Berlin, German Empire(Present Day Germany)
    1907
    Gustav Stresemann

    Becoming a member in the Reichstag

    Leipziger Straße 4, Berlin, German Empire(Present Day Germany)
    1907

    In 1907, Stresemann was elected to the Reichstag, where he soon became a close associate of party chairman Ernst Bassermann.


  • Greenland
    Oct, 1907
    Denmark expedition

    Teams split into two teams of three dogsleds

    Greenland
    Oct, 1907

    Teams split into two teams of three dogsleds each; Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Niels Peter Høeg Hagen and Jørgen Brønlund, went westward hugging the coast, in the direction that they deemed would lead them to Gletscher Cape and Navy Cliff —at the head of Independence Fjord. Meanwhile the other team —with Johan Peter Koch, Aage Bertelsen and Tobias Gabrielsen— sped northwestwards across the sea ice towards Cape Bridgman in order to map the uncharted coast sections of eastern Peary Land.


  • Guangxi, China
    Sunday Dec 1, 1907
    Xinhai Revolution

    Zhennanguan Uprising

    Guangxi, China
    Sunday Dec 1, 1907

    On 1 December 1907, the Zhennanguan Uprising took place at Zhennanguan, a pass on the Chinese-Vietnamese border. Sun Yat-sen sent Huang Mintang to monitor the pass, which was guarded by a fort. With the assistance of supporters among the fort's defenders, the revolutionaries captured the cannon tower in Zhennanguan. Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and Hu Hanmin personally went to the tower to command the battle. The Qing government sent troops led by Long Jiguang and Lu Rongting to counterattack, and the revolutionaries were forced to retreat into the mountainous areas. After the failure of this uprising, Sun was forced to move to Singapore due to anti-Sun sentiments within the revolutionary groups. He would not return to the mainland until after the Wuchang Uprising.


  • Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
    Dec, 1907
    Father's Day

    Monongah Mining Disaster

    Monongah, West Virginia, U.S.
    Dec, 1907

    Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father, when in December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested that her pastor Robert Thomas Webb honor all those fathers. Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside Fairmont for several reasons; among them were the city was overwhelmed by other events, the celebration was never promoted outside the town itself, and no proclamation of it was made by the city council. Also, two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4, 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows, including a hot-air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old girl on July 4. The local church and council were overwhelmed and they did not even think of promoting the event, and it was not celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced by the press and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event and never talked to other persons about it.


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