Historical Events In 1874

Aug 15   Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert in the year 1874.  

Aug 16   In the year 1874 arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26)  

Aug 21   Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27) on this day in history.  

Aug 22   In the year 1874 edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer  

Aug 22   Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies in the year 1874.  

Aug 26   In the year 1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee  

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

Aug 27   On this day in history karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)  

Aug 29   Walter Field in the year 1874.  

Sep 01   In the year 1874 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Conn takes office  

Sep 01   In the year 1874 heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer  

Sep 01   Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia in the year 1874.  

Sep 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Sep 11   In the year 1874 heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer  

Sep 12   On this day in history 1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.  

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

Sep 17   Ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin) in the year 1874.  

Sep 18   In the year 1874 johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)  

Sep 21   On this day in history gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)  

Sep 21   JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Sep 26   1st Grand International Rifle match held on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Rotterdam opens drink water pipes on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50  

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

Oct 09   World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland in the year 1874.  

Oct 10   On this day in history fiji becomes a British possession  

Oct 14   Margarete Susman, writer on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force on this day in history.  

Oct 15   On this day in history otallo Morales, composer  

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

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

Oct 21   On this day in history albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist  

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Jan 01   Hugo Leichtentritt, composer was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 01   In the year 1874 birth of gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)  

Jan 01   Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of sven Fleuron, writer  

Jan 05   Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1874 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 in the year 1874.  

Feb 03   Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) died in the year 1874.  

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

Feb 09   On this day in history 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