1874

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s

Years: 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 - 1874 - 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879

Events

January 1 - New York City annexes The Bronx
January 23 - Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh[?], second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia[?], only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia.
February 23 - Walter Winfield[?] patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called lawn tennis[?].
March 18 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
May 20 - Levi Strauss[?] markets blue jeans with copper rivets
July 24 - Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward patent the first incandescent lamp with an electric light bulb.
Home Rule Movement created to protest British Government control over Ireland. (see History of Ireland)
First Impressionist exhibition, Paris; name coined in hostile review of Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise
Opening of the Agra canal in India.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

1874 in literature:

Births

January 16 - Robert W. Service[?], poet (+ 1958)
January 21 - Frederick Madison Smith, American religious leader and author.
January 25 - William Somerset Maugham, (+ 1965)
January 29 - John D. Rockefeller Jr.[?], entrepreneur
February 1 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, lyricist, dramatist, narrator, and essayist (+ 1929)
February 3 - Gertrude Stein, writer and patron of the arts (+ 1946)
February 9 - Amy Lowell, poet (+ 1925)
February 11 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish children's book/fairy tales author.
February 11 - Fritz Bennicke Hart[?], composer.
February 17 - Thomas J. Watson, computer pioneer, first president of IBM
February 21 - The Oakland Daily Tribune[?] publishes its first newspaper.
March 20 - Börries von Münchhausen[?], poet (+ 1945)
March 24 - Harry Houdini, magician
March 26 - Robert Frost, poet (+ 1963)
March 29 - Lou Hoover[?], First Lady (+ 1944)
April 25 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, "the father of radio", recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1909 (+ 1937)
May 29 - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, author
June 16 - Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada.
July 14 - Abbas II, a khedive of Egypt.
September 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer
September 21 - Gustav Holst, English composer
October 20 - Charles Ives, American composer
October 26 - Martin Lowry, English physical chemist.
October 30 - Bin Ueda[?], Japanese writer.
November 30 - Lucy Maude Montgomery, Canadian author.
December 15 - Shoken Kamitsukasa[?], Japanese writer.
December 22 - Franz Schmidt, composer

Deaths

February 8 - David Friedrich Strauss, German theologian
March 8 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States 1850-1853

		1874
		Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s - 1870s - 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s Years: 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 - 1874 - 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 Events January 1 - New York City annexes The Bronx January 23 - Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh[?], second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia[?], only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. February 23 - Walter Winfield[?] patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called lawn tennis[?]. March 18 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights. May 20 - Levi Strauss[?] markets blue jeans with copper rivets July 24 - Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward patent the first incandescent lamp with an electric light bulb. Home Rule Movement created to protest British Government control over Ireland. (see History of Ireland) First Impressionist exhibition, Paris; name coined in hostile review of Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise Opening of the Agra canal in India. Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy 1874 in literature: Births January 16 - Robert W. Service[?], poet (+ 1958) January 21 - Frederick Madison Smith, American religious leader and author. January 25 - William Somerset Maugham, (+ 1965) January 29 - John D. Rockefeller Jr.[?], entrepreneur February 1 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, lyricist, dramatist, narrator, and essayist (+ 1929) February 3 - Gertrude Stein, writer and patron of the arts (+ 1946) February 9 - Amy Lowell, poet (+ 1925) February 11 - Elsa Beskow (Maartman), Swedish children's book/fairy tales author. February 11 - Fritz Bennicke Hart[?], composer. February 17 - Thomas J. Watson, computer pioneer, first president of IBM February 21 - The Oakland Daily Tribune[?] publishes its first newspaper. March 20 - Börries von Münchhausen[?], poet (+ 1945) March 24 - Harry Houdini, magician March 26 - Robert Frost, poet (+ 1963) March 29 - Lou Hoover[?], First Lady (+ 1944) April 25 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, "the father of radio", recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics 1909 (+ 1937) May 29 - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, author June 16 - Arthur Meighen, the ninth Prime Minister of Canada. July 14 - Abbas II, a khedive of Egypt. September 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer September 21 - Gustav Holst, English composer October 20 - Charles Ives, American composer October 26 - Martin Lowry, English physical chemist. October 30 - Bin Ueda[?], Japanese writer. November 30 - Lucy Maude Montgomery, Canadian author. December 15 - Shoken Kamitsukasa[?], Japanese writer. December 22 - Franz Schmidt, composer Deaths February 8 - David Friedrich Strauss, German theologian March 8 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States 1850-1853
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