Page 6: Historical Events In 1874

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

Aug 16   On this day in history arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26)   

Aug 21   On this day in history herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27)   

Aug 22   Edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 26   In the year 1874 16 blacks lynched in Tennessee   

Aug 27   Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies in the year 1874.   

Aug 27   Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history walter Field   

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

Sep 01   In the year 1874 heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer   

Sep 01   Sydney General Post Office opens in Australia in the year 1874.   

Sep 03   In the year 1874 the congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".   

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

Sep 11   Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 12   1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded on this day in history.   

Sep 13   Arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 18   In the year 1874 johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)   

Sep 21   Gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets) in the year 1874.   

Sep 21   JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 in the year 1874.   

Sep 26   In the year 1874 1st Grand International Rifle match held   

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   Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1874 fiji becomes a British possession   

Oct 14   In the year 1874 margarete Susman, writer   

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

Oct 15   On this day in history otallo Morales, composer   

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

Oct 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1874 birth of hugo Leichtentritt, composer   

Jan 01   Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927) was born in the year 1874.   

Jan 01   In the year 1874 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   Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) was born in the year 1874.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history david F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66   

Feb 09   In the year 1874 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