Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic
1907 · Event
Leo Baekeland invents Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, launching the age of modern materials.
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Around 1907
- Russian Revolution (1917)
- Victorian era ends (1901)
- Einstein's Annus Mirabilis (1905)
- Wright Brothers first flight (1903)
- Sinking of the Titanic (1912)
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1914)
- Stravinsky's Rite of Spring premieres (1913)
- Second Boer War (1899)
- Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams (1899)
- Britain declares war on Germany (1914)