Historical Events In 1874

Aug 15   Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert in the year 1874.  

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) in the year 1874.  

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

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

Aug 26   On this day in history 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee  

Aug 27   Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Conn takes office  

Sep 01   In the year 1874 heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer  

Sep 01   In the year 1874 sydney General Post Office opens in Australia  

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   Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach in the year 1874.  

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   Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet) in the year 1874.  

Sep 17   Ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin) in the year 1874.  

Sep 18   On this day in history johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)  

Sep 21   On this day in history gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1874.  

Oct 08   On this day in history nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron)  

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

Oct 10   On this day in history fiji becomes a British possession  

Oct 14   Margarete Susman, writer in the year 1874.  

Oct 15   In the year 1874 child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force  

Oct 15   Otallo Morales, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 19   Mary Walsh & Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon in the year 1874.  

Oct 20   In the year 1874 charles Edward Ives, Danbury Ct, composer (Holiday Quick Step)  

Oct 21   In the year 1874 albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist  

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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   On this day in history birth of sven Fleuron, writer  

Jan 05   In the year 1874 birth of joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944)  

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

Jan 13   In the year 1874 birth of jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin  

Jan 04   Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

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

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

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