Page 3: Historical Events In 1874

Mar 19   On this day in history arthur Hoyt, Georgetown CO, actor (Gold Dust Gertie, Goldie Get Along)   

Mar 20   On this day in history hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63   

Mar 21   On this day in history uS Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House   

Mar 22   On this day in history ellen Glasgow, novelist   

Mar 22   On this day in history young Men's Hebrew Association is founded in New York NY   

Mar 22   Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC in the year 1874.   

Mar 24   On this day in history harry Houdini, [Erich Weiss], Budapest, magician/escape artist   

Mar 26   On this day in history gerald du Maurier, London Engld, actor (Power, Escape, Masks & Faces)   

Apr 03   Eduardo Sanchez de Fuentes, composer in the year 1874.   

Apr 05   "Die Fledermaus" 1st performed (Vienna) in the year 1874.   

Apr 05   On this day in history johann Strauss Sr's opera "Die Fledermaus", premieres in Vienna   

Apr 06   The birth of Harry Houdini, Famous escape artist in the year 1874.   

Apr 09   Julius Bittner, Austrian composer (Little Violet) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska in the year 1874.   

Apr 14   In the year 1874 count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)   

Apr 14   Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86 in the year 1874.   

Apr 15   In the year 1874 johannes Stark, Germany, physicist (Stark effect) (Nobel 1919)   

Apr 15   NY legislature passes compulsory education law in the year 1874.   

Apr 16   Dr David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton in the year 1874.   

Apr 18   David Livingstone, buried in Westminster Abbey in the year 1874.   

Apr 19   Barracks on Alcatraz Island destroyed in fire in the year 1874.   

Apr 19   Firmin Baes, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

Apr 19   In the year 1874 owen Jones, architect, dies   

Apr 21   J Palisa discovers asteroid #137 Meliboea on this day in history.   

Apr 24   On this day in history john Russell Pope, US, architect (Jefferson Memorial)   

Apr 25   In the year 1874 guglielmo Marconi, Bologna Italy, inventor (radio, Nobel 1909)   

Apr 25   The birth of Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor of radio on this day in history.   

Apr 26   In the year 1874 j H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v Australia 1902)   

Apr 27   On this day in history white League, Paramilitary white supremacist organization, forms   

Apr 28   Karl Kraus, writer on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer on this day in history.   

May 01   Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1874.   

May 03   Francois Coty, Corsica, Corsican senator/perfume maker on this day in history.   

May 05   Dutch 2nd Chamber passes child labor law on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 in the year 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   Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62 in the year 1874.   

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   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