Famous Birthdays In 1874

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

Jan 01 Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01 Hugo Leichtentritt, composer was born in the year 1874.  

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

Jan 14 On this day in history birth of thornton Waldo Burgess, author (Peter Rabbit)  

Jan 16 Robert Service, England, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee) was born in the year 1874.  

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

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of wincenty Witoz, Galicia, PM of Poland (1920-21, 1923, 1926)  

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of arthur Shomburg, famous African  

Jan 25 On this day in history birth of hewlett Johnson, [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop  

Jan 25 In the year 1874 birth of [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage)  

Jan 29 In the year 1874 birth of john David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland Ohio, philanthropist  

Jan 29 Robert Lach, composer was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 01 In the year 1874 birth of hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist  

Feb 03 On this day in history birth of franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue)  

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 on this day in history.  

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 Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11 Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of hendrik Spiekman, Dutch politician (social-democratic)  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of emilis Melngailis, composer  

Feb 15 Ernest H Shackleton, Kilkee Ireland, explorer (Endurance, Antarctica) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (d. 1935)  

Feb 17 Thomas J Watson, US, representative/founder (IBM) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 20 In the year 1874 birth of mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star  

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

Feb 23 Konstantin Päts, Estonian PM (1921-23, 1932-33), dictator (1933-40) was born in the year 1874.  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of honus Wagner, HOF shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates, 1900-17)  

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

Jan 08 In the year 1874 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 03 In the year 1874 death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)  

Feb 08 On this day in history david F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66  

Feb 09 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Feb 17 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 in the year 1874.