Famous Birthdays In 1874

Jan 01 Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 In the year 1874 birth of gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)  

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of hugo Leichtentritt, composer  

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 Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06 Fred Niblo, U.S. film actor, director, producer (d. 1948) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 13 Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14 Thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee)  

Jan 22 Edward Harkness, American philanthropist (d. 1940) was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 22 In the year 1874 birth of wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)  

Jan 24 Arthur Shomburg, famous African was born in the year 1874.  

Jan 25 Hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25 [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 29 On this day in history birth of john David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist  

Jan 29 On this day in history birth of robert Lach, composer  

Feb 01 Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 03 Franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 03 On this day in history birth of gertrude Stein, Penn, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)  

Feb 06 Milton Bennett Medary, US, architect (Washington Chapel) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 09 On this day in history birth of amy Lowell, US poet/critic (Patterns, Sword Blades & Poppy Seed)  

Feb 09 Vsevolod Meyerhold, Russian theatrical director/actor (Houligan) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 11 In the year 1874 birth of elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of fritz Bennicke Hart, composer  

Feb 13 Hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 15 Emilis Melngailis, composer was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica)  

Feb 16 Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 17 Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 20 Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star was born on this day in history.  

Feb 22 Bill Klem, American baseball umpire (d. 1951) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 23 In the year 1874 birth of konstantin Päts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40)  

Feb 24 Honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17) was born in the year 1874.  

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

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 in the year 1874.