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Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” is a 1907 oil painting on canvas incorporating gold leaf. It represents a pivotal work within the Vienna Secession movement and is renowned for its evocative depiction of intimacy and symbolic use of Art Nouveau style. The artwork showcases a male and female figure locked i...

La Puce à l'oreille (A Flea in Her Ear) is a French vaudeville farce written by Georges Feydeau in 1907. The plot centers on a woman who sets up a rendezvous at a disreputable Parisian hotel to test her husband's fidelity, which leads to a complex sequence of mistaken identities. The play is a promi...

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a 1907 painting by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, combining oil paint with extensive gold and silver leaf. It depicts Adele Bloch-Bauer within a densely patterned field associated with Klimt's Golden Phase and the decorative language of Viennese modernism. Seized by...

The Mystery of the Yellow Room is a French detective novel by Gaston Leroux, first published in book form in 1907. It introduces the young reporter and investigator Joseph Rouletabille, who examines an apparently impossible assault committed inside a locked room at the Chateau du Glandier. The novel...

The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 represent a foundational set of international treaties governing warfare. These multilateral agreements, developed during peace conferences, established rules regarding treatment of prisoners of war, naval warfare, and the conduct of hostilities on land. They a...

Masjid Jamek, officially the Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek Mosque, is a historic Islamic place of worship located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Designed by the British architect Arthur Benison Hubback, the mosque was completed in 1909 and holds the distinction of being the city's oldest mosque. It is situat...

The SS Principessa Jolanda was an Italian ocean liner constructed for transatlantic passenger service. During her launching ceremony in 1907, the massive vessel unexpectedly capsized and sank into the harbor before she could complete a single voyage. The disaster was attributed to severe instability...

The Abdul Gaffoor Mosque is a historic religious building located in the Little India neighborhood of Singapore. Completed in 1907, it is classified as a national monument and is noted for its distinct architectural synthesis of Islamic, Moorish, and South Indian styles. The mosque features an elabo...

The SS Larchmont was a wooden-hulled paddlewheel steamboat that operated as an overnight passenger ferry between Providence, Rhode Island, and New York City. In February 1907, the vessel collided with the schooner Harry Knowlton in Block Island Sound during a severe winter blizzard. The accident res...

Atlas Universel is a comprehensive world atlas compiled by French geographer and cartographer Franz Schrader, published by Librairie Hachette in successive editions beginning in the late 19th century, including a well-known 1893 edition with a later 1907 update. A scholarly reference aimed at French...

The SS Berlin was a British-built iron-hulled passenger ferry operated by the Great Eastern Railway. On February 21, 1907, the vessel encountered a severe snowstorm in the North Sea and was wrecked on the harbor approach at the Hook of Holland. The disaster resulted in the deaths of over 120 passeng...

Mutt and Jeff is an American newspaper comic strip created by Bud Fisher, who introduced the character Mutt in 1907 and later paired him with Jeff. The strip helped establish the continuing daily newspaper comic as a popular mass-market format and became known for the contrasting personalities and p...