Major Events
- Jan 1 New York City annexes the Bronx
- Jan 13 Battle between jobless and police in NYC leaves 100s injured
- Jan 13 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
- Jan 14 I. D. Shadd elected Speaker of lower house of Mississippi legislature
- Jan 17 Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction
- Jan 21 Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa" premieres in Vienna
- Jan 24 Gen J van Swieten conquers Kraton Atjeh, after thousands die
- Jan 24 Modest Mussorgsky's opera "Boris Godunov" premieres in St Petersburg, Russia
- Jan 31 Jesse James gang robs a train at Gads Hill, Missouri
- Feb 21 Benjamin Disraeli succeeds William Gladstone as British Prime Minister
- More 1874 Events
1874 in Music
- Apr 5 Johann Strauss Jr's opera "Die Fledermaus" premieres in Vienna
Did You Know?
The Mounties (North West Mounted Police) begin their March West from Fort Dufferin
Ernest Shackleton
Harry Houdini
Robert Frost
Guglielmo Marconi
Herbert Hoover
Winston Churchill
Arnold Schoenberg
Charles Ives
Honus Wagner
Jack ChesbroMore People Born in 1874
Gail Borden
Millard Fillmore
William B. CushingMore 1874 Deaths
Articles About 1874
The 'Baronet' From Wagga Wagga
In the bizarre Tichborne case, a claim by a butcher from Wagga Wagga to be a missing baronet fell apart on this day after the longest trial in English history.February 28
Humble Beginnings of Churchill, the Political Giant
Winston Churchill, Britain’s legendary wartime Prime Minister was born on this day. Surprisingly the great statesman arrived in this world in a very unusual way.November 30
Famous Weddings in 1874
- Mar 21 Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
- Apr 24 Outlaw Jesse James marries cousin Zerelda 'Zee' Mimms
- Oct 19 First known balloon wedding between Mary Elizabeth Walsh and Charles M. Colton who rode with their employer P.T. Barnum over Cincinnati, Ohio [1]
Claude Monet
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Benjamin Disraeli
Otto von Bismarck
Ulysses S. Grant