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) on this day in history.   

Aug 22   On this day in history edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer   

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

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   On this day in history karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)   

Aug 29   Walter Field on this day in history.   

Sep 01   28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Conn takes office in the year 1874.   

Sep 01   Heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer on this day in history.   

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" in the year 1874.   

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

Sep 11   On this day in history heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer   

Sep 12   1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded in the year 1874.   

Sep 13   On this day in history arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet)   

Sep 17   On this day in history ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin)   

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

Sep 21   In the year 1874 gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)   

Sep 21   In the year 1874 jBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75   

Sep 26   1st Grand International Rifle match held on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history rotterdam opens drink water pipes   

Oct 01   On this day in history 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.   

Oct 06   In the year 1874 thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

Oct 08   In the year 1874 nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)   

Oct 09   On this day in history world Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland   

Oct 10   Fiji becomes a British possession on this day in history.   

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

Oct 15   Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Otallo Morales, composer in the year 1874.   

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   Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) was born in the year 1874.   

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   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)   

Jan 08   In the year 1874 death of charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814)   

Jan 17   Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62 in the year 1874.   

Jan 19   On this day in history h v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75   

Feb 03   Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) died in the year 1874.   

Feb 08   On this day in history david F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66   

Feb 09   On this day in history jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75   

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