Page 6: Historical Events In 1874

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

Aug 16   Arthur Meighen, Canada, PM of Canada (1920, 21, 26) in the year 1874.   

Aug 21   In the year 1874 herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27)   

Aug 22   On this day in history edward Cuthbert Bairstow, composer   

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   In the year 1874 johan George Schwartze, painter, dies   

Aug 27   In the year 1874 karl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, Nobel 1931)   

Aug 29   On this day in history walter Field   

Sep 01   In the year 1874 28th Postmaster General: Marshall Jewell of Conn takes office   

Sep 01   In the year 1874 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   In the year 1874 johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach   

Sep 11   Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer in the year 1874.   

Sep 12   On this day in history 1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded.   

Sep 13   In the year 1874 arnold Franz Walter Schonberg, Vienna Austria, composer (2nd Quartet)   

Sep 17   Ben[jamin] Turpin, US, comic (Uncle Tom Without the Cabin) in the year 1874.   

Sep 18   In the year 1874 johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten)   

Sep 21   In the year 1874 gustav Theodore Holst, Cheltenham, England, composer (Planets)   

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

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

Oct 01   On this day in history rotterdam opens drink water pipes   

Oct 01   In the year 1874 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   Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

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

Oct 10   Fiji becomes a British possession in the year 1874.   

Oct 14   Margarete Susman, writer in the year 1874.   

Oct 15   In the year 1874 child labor law takes 12 year olds out of work force   

Oct 15   In the year 1874 otallo Morales, composer   

Oct 19   Mary Walsh & Charles Colson are 1st couple to be married in a balloon on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1874 charles Edward Ives, Danbury Ct, composer (Holiday Quick Step)   

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

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

Jan 01   Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927) was born in the year 1874.   

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

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

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

Jan 05   Joseph Erlanger, doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944) was born in the year 1874.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798) died in the year 1874.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1874 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