Historical Events In 1874

Aug 15   Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert on this day in history.   

Aug 16   In the year 1874 arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26)   

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

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

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

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   Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931) in the year 1874.   

Aug 29   In the year 1874 walter Field   

Sep 01   On this day in history 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Conn takes office   

Sep 01   On this day in history heinrich Otto Ludwig, composer   

Sep 01   On this day in history sydney General Post Office opens in Australia   

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   Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach on this day in history.   

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

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 in the year 1874.   

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

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

Oct 09   World Postal Union forms in Bern Switzerland in the year 1874.   

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

Oct 14   Margarete Susman, writer in the year 1874.   

Oct 15   Child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force in the year 1874.   

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

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

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   In the year 1874 birth of gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)   

Jan 01   In the year 1874 birth of frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)   

Jan 04   Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael) was born on this day in history.   

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   Fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948) was born in the year 1874.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin   

Jan 04   In the year 1874 death of thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814)   

Jan 17   On this day in history chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, dies at 62   

Jan 19   H v Fallersleben, writer, dies at 75 in the year 1874.   

Feb 03   On this day in history death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)   

Feb 08   David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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