Historical Events In 1874

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

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) in the year 1874.  

Aug 22   On this day in history edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer  

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

Aug 26   16 blacks lynched in Tennessee in the year 1874.  

Aug 27   Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies in the year 1874.  

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

Aug 29   Walter Field in the year 1874.  

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

Sep 01   Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach  

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   Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet) on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 21   Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets) on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 1874 jBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75  

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

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   Nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron) in the year 1874.  

Oct 09   On this day in history world Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland  

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

Oct 14   Margarete Susman, writer in the year 1874.  

Oct 15   In the year 1874 child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force  

Oct 15   Otallo Morales, composer in the year 1874.  

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   In the year 1874 albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Sven Fleuron, writer was born in the year 1874.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1874 birth of fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948)  

Jan 13   Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin was born on this day in history.  

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   Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Jan 19   H v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75 in the year 1874.  

Feb 03   On this day in history death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)  

Feb 08   In the year 1874 david F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66  

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

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