British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst is convicted of arson and imprisoned, while once again the British parliament rejects a bill that would allow women to vote.

Direct elections to the senate begin in the US, with the passing of the 17th amendment.

Albert Schweitzer starts building hospitals in Africa.

Henry Ford introduces the idea of the assembly line for the production of automobiles, and modern industry is changed for ever.

Niels Bohr proposes the orbital model of atomic structure, and the distinction between chemistry and physics became fuzzier.

The first production of George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" takes place in Vienna.

Beginning of the use of the word "jazz" to describe a type of African-American music characterized by syncopation and the "noisy" use of drums, brass, and saxophones.