Historical Events In 1874

Aug 15   On this day in history joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert  

Aug 16   Arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26) on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27) in the year 1874.  

Aug 22   In the year 1874 edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer  

Aug 22   Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 26   16 blacks lynched in Tennessee on this day in history.  

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

Aug 27   Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   On this day in history walter Field  

Sep 01   On this day in history 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   The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez" on this day in history.  

Sep 04   In the year 1874 johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach  

Sep 11   In the year 1874 heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer  

Sep 12   In the year 1874 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) in the year 1874.  

Sep 18   Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten) on this day in history.  

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 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   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 on this day in history.  

Oct 10   Fiji becomes a British possession in the year 1874.  

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

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

Oct 15   Otallo Morales, composer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 20   In the year 1874 charles Edward Ives, Danbury Ct, composer (Holiday Quick Step)  

Oct 21   In the year 1874 albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist  

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Jan 01   Hugo Leichtentritt, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael)  

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 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   Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1874 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 in the year 1874.  

Feb 09   Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 in the year 1874.  

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