During the Orthodox Epiphany 'Blessing of the Waters' ceremony on the Neva River, a cannon misfires and sprays shrapnel near Tsar Nicholas II, narrowly missing him.

A powerful earthquake and ensuing fires devastated Kingston, Jamaica, killing over 1,000 people and flattening much of the capital.

Ugyen Wangchuck was unanimously chosen and crowned as Bhutan's first hereditary king, ending centuries of civil war and founding the Wangchuck dynasty.

Financier J.P. Morgan gathered New York's leading bankers and forced them to pledge emergency funds, checking the Panic of 1907 before it could collapse the financial system.