Page 5: Historical Events In 1874

Jun 22   Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies.   

Jun 26   Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)   

Jun 28   Freedmen's Bank closes.   

Jun 28   Oley Speaks, composer   

Jun 29   Georg Gohler, composer   

Jun 29   In this year, Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.   

Jul 01   1st Chamber accept law against child labor   

Jul 01   inaugural US kidnapping for ransom, 4-year-old Charles Ross, $20000   

Jul 01   Michel H Campen, author/critic (Bikoerim)   

Jul 03   Apirana Turupa Ngata, Kawaka NZ, Maori political/cultural leader   

Jul 04   Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed   

Jul 05   Gerhard von Keussler, composer.   

Jul 07   27th Postmaster General: James W Marshall of NJ takes office   

Jul 08   The Mounties begin their March West   

Jul 10   Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test capt (NSW batsman 1899-1919, Aust)   

Jul 11   Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54.   

Jul 12   Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63   

Jul 12   Ontario Agricultural College founded   

Jul 12   Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure, "The Gloria Scott" (BG).   

Jul 14   'Abbas Hilmi II, last khedive (Ottoman viceroy) of Egypt (1892-1914).   

Jul 23   Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa   

Jul 26   Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp).   

Jul 28   Ernst Cassirer, Germany, philosopher/educator (Essay on Man)   

Jul 29   August Stramm, writer.   

Jul 29   Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court.   

Jul 30   1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Phila in British Isles.   

Jul 31   Commissioning of USS Intrepid, inaugural U.S. warship equipped with torpedoes.   

Jul 31   Patrick Francis Healy, SJ, inaugurated as pres of Georgetown U.   

Aug 03   Eugene Baie, Belgian author (Sub rosa et sub umbra).   

Aug 05   Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in England.   

Aug 10   Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933).   

Aug 10   Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US is born.   

Aug 11   Harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head   

Aug 15   Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

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Jan 01   Hugo leichtentritt: Composer   

Jan 01   Gustave whitehead: German inventor    

Jan 01   Frank knox: American secretary of the navy    

Jan 04   Josef suk: Czech violinist/composer (asrael)   

Jan 04   Sven fleuron: Writer   

Jan 05   Joseph erlanger: Doctor (shock therapy-nobel 1944)   

Jan 06   Fred niblo: U.s. film actor, director, producer   

Jan 13   Jozef e van roey: Flemish cardinal/archbishop of mechlin   

Jan 04   Thomas gregson: Premier of tasmania (b. 1798)   

Jan 08   Charles etienne brasseur de bourbourg: French writer and historian (b. 1814)   

Jan 17   Chang & eng bunker: Chinese/thai siamese twins,    

Jan 19   H v fallersleben: Writer,   

Feb 03   Lunalilo: Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)   

Feb 08   David f strauss: German theologist,   

Feb 09   Jules michelet: French historian (history of france),   

Feb 17   [lambert] adolphe j quetelet: Belg astronomer/sociologist,