Historical Events In 1874

Aug 15   Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26) in the year 1874.  

Aug 21   In the year 1874 herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27)  

Aug 22   Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer in the year 1874.  

Aug 22   In the year 1874 sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies  

Aug 26   On this day in history 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee  

Aug 27   Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931) in the year 1874.  

Aug 29   Walter Field in the year 1874.  

Sep 01   28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Conn takes office on this day in history.  

Sep 01   Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer in the year 1874.  

Sep 01   On this day in history sydney General Post Office opens in Australia  

Sep 03   In the year 1874 the congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".  

Sep 04   Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach in the year 1874.  

Sep 11   In the year 1874 heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer  

Sep 12   1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded in the year 1874.  

Sep 13   On this day in history arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet)  

Sep 17   On this day in history ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin)  

Sep 18   On this day in history johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)  

Sep 21   In the year 1874 gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)  

Sep 21   JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 in the year 1874.  

Sep 26   In the year 1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held  

Oct 01   On this day in history rotterdam opens drink water pipes  

Oct 01   Supply Corps purser, LT J. Q. Barton, given leave to enter service of new Japanese Navy to organize a Pay Department and instruct Japanese about accounts. He served until 1 October 1877 when he again became a purser in the U.S. Navy. In 1878, the Emperor of Japan conferred on him the Fourth Class of Rising Sun for his service in the year 1874.  

Oct 06   Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)  

Oct 09   World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland on this day in history.  

Oct 10   Fiji becomes a British possession on this day in history.  

Oct 14   In the year 1874 margarete Susman, writer  

Oct 15   On this day in history child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force  

Oct 15   In the year 1874 otallo Morales, composer  

Oct 19   In the year 1874 mary Walsh & Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon  

Oct 20   Charles Edward Ives, Danbury Ct, composer (Holiday Quick Step) in the year 1874.  

Oct 21   Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist in the year 1874.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1874 birth of hugo Leichtentritt, composer  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)  

Jan 01   Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 04   Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 04   In the year 1874 birth of sven Fleuron, writer  

Jan 05   In the year 1874 birth of joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)  

Jan 06   Fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 13   In the year 1874 birth of jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin  

Jan 04   In the year 1874 death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814)  

Jan 17   On this day in history chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62  

Jan 19   H v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1874 death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)  

Feb 08   David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1874 jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75  

Feb 17   In the year 1874 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77