1907

1907 was a year marked by shifts in international diplomacy, finance, and social organization. The Anglo-Russian Entente, signed in August 1907, formalized the alignment between Britain and Russia and helped complete the framework of the Triple Entente with France. In the same year, the Second Hague Conference produced a series of conventions aimed at regulating warfare and promoting arbitration, establishing mechanisms for international dispute resolution and reinforcing the work of international law.

In the United States, the Panic of 1907 exposed vulnerabilities in the banking and financial system. The crisis followed the collapse of major trust companies, triggering bank runs and stock market declines. The episode underscored the need for financial reform and influenced later moves toward more centralized monetary policy in the United States.

Culturally and socially, 1907 saw the birth of the Boy Scouts movement when Robert Baden-Powell conducted the first experimental camp at Brownsea Island, laying the groundwork for a global youth organization that would spread in the following decades.

Notable births and deaths in the year include the birth of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and French politician Pierre Mendès-France, both born in 1907. The year also saw the death of Oscar II, King of Sweden, on December 8, 1907, marking the end of a long reign.

Other developments in 1907 touched on science, industry, and colonial-era dynamics that would shape regional histories in the years ahead, though many of these would become more prominent in subsequent decades.