Famous Deaths In 1874

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

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

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 Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) died in the year 1874.  

Feb 08 David F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 in the year 1874.  

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  

Feb 24 Anselmo Clave, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Mar 08 Millard Fillmore, 13th president (1850-53), dies of at 74 in the year 1874.  

Mar 11 In the year 1874 charles Sumner, a white civil rights leader, dies at 63  

Mar 20 In the year 1874 hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63  

Mar 28 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795) died in the year 1874.  

Apr 04 Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826) died in the year 1874.  

Apr 14 Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao, dies at 86 in the year 1874.  

Apr 18 In the year 1874 death of david Livingstone, buried in Westminster Abbey  

Apr 19 Owen Jones, architect, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 20 In the year 1874 death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)  

May 01 Vilem Blodek, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Jun 08 In the year 1874 death of cochise, Apache leader  

Jun 21 In the year 1874 death of anders Jonas Ã…ngström, Swedish physicist (b. 1814)  

Jun 22 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies on this day in history.  

Jul 11 In the year 1874 xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54  

Jul 12 Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Aug 14 On this day in history death of jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)  

Aug 22 On this day in history sydney Thompson Dobell, poet, dies  

Aug 27 Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 12 In the year 1874 death of françois Guizot, French historian and statesman (b. 1787)  

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

Oct 06 Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Oct 26 On this day in history peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49  

Nov 09 On this day in history israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies  

Dec 07 Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815) died in the year 1874.  

Dec 16 On this day in history abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79  

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