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| 1907 |
| | | President Roosevelt sends a fleet of warships on a goodwill tour of the world that also demonstrates US power | |
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| 1907 |
| | | Anna Pavlova dances The Dying Swan, choreographed for her by Michel Fokine to music by Saint-Saëns | |
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| c. 1908 |
| | | Robert Baden-Powell publishes Scouting for Boys, the success of which leads to the establishment of the Scouts | |
|  | Baden-Powell photographed with Scoutmasters in 1911
National Archives, Kew
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| 1908 |
| | | Jack London's novel Iron Heel foresees a future repressive capitalist regime in the USA | |
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| 1908 |
| | | Rat, Mole and Toad, in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows, appeal to a wide readership | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The king of Portugal, Carlos I, and his heir, Luis Filipe, are shot as they ride in an open carriage in Lisbon | |
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| 1908 |
| | | Anatole France casts a satirical eye on human society in his novel L'Île des pingouins ("Penguin Island") | |
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| 1908 |
| | | Jack Norworth and Albert von Tilzer write Take Me Out to the Ball Game, which becomes one of the most popular songs in the USA | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is set up in Washington | |
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| 1908 |
| | | The Young Turks of Salonika organize a successful uprising against the autocracy of the Ottoman sultan | |
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