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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17 In the year 1874 chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62  

Jan 19 In the year 1874 h v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75  

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

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

Feb 24 Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history 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 David Livingstone, buried in Westminster Abbey died in the year 1874.  

Apr 19 Owen Jones, architect, dies in the year 1874.  

Apr 20 Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) died in the year 1874.  

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

Jun 08 On this day in history death of cochise, Apache leader  

Jun 21 In the year 1874 death of anders Jonas Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814)  

Jun 22 In the year 1874 howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies  

Jul 11 On this day in history xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54  

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

Aug 14 On this day in history death of jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)  

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

Aug 27 In the year 1874 johan George Schwartze, painter, dies  

Sep 12 In the year 1874 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 In the year 1874 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50  

Oct 26 On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49  

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

Dec 07 Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815) died in the year 1874.  

Dec 16 Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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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 On this day in history birth of frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)  

Jan 04 In the year 1874 birth of josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael)  

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

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