Page 6: Historical Events In 1874

Aug 15   On this day in history joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

Aug 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer   

Aug 22   Sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies in the year 1874.   

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

Aug 27   In the year 1874 johan George Schwartze, painter, dies   

Aug 27   Karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931) in the year 1874.   

Aug 29   Walter Field on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1874 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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1874.   

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

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

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

Oct 01   In the year 1874 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   On this day in history thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50   

Oct 08   Nance O'Neil, Oakland CA, actor (Cimarron) in the year 1874.   

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

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

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

Oct 15   On this day in history child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force   

Oct 15   In the year 1874 otallo Morales, composer   

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

Oct 20   Charles Edward Ives, Danbury Ct, composer (Holiday Quick Step) in the year 1874.   

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

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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   On this day in history birth of josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer (Asrael)   

Jan 04   In the year 1874 birth of sven Fleuron, writer   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin was born in the year 1874.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Feb 09   In the year 1874 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.