Famous Deaths Happened In 1874

Jan 04 Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) died in the year 1874.  

Jan 08 Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814) died in the year 1874.  

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 On this day in history jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75  

Feb 17 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 24 On this day in history anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49  

Mar 08 Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 on this day in history.  

Mar 11 Charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63 in the year 1874.  

Mar 20 In the year 1874 hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63  

Mar 28 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795) died on this day in history.  

Apr 04 In the year 1874 death of charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)  

Apr 14 In the year 1874 hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86  

Apr 18 On this day in history death of david Livingstone, buried in Westminster Abbey  

Apr 19 Owen Jones, architect, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 20 Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) died on this day in history.  

May 01 Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Jun 08 Cochise, Apache leader died on this day in history.  

Jun 21 Anders Jonas Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814) died on this day in history.  

Jun 22 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies in the year 1874.  

Jul 11 Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54 in the year 1874.  

Jul 12 Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Aug 14 In the year 1874 death of jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)  

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

Aug 27 On this day in history johan George Schwartze, painter, dies  

Sep 12 On this day in history death of françois Guizot, French historian and statesman (b. 1787)  

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

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

Oct 26 In the year 1874 peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49  

Nov 09 Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies on this day in history.  

Dec 07 In the year 1874 death of constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815)  

Dec 16 Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 in the year 1874.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05 Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) was born in the year 1874.  

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

Jan 13 On this day in history birth of jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin