Significant Events
- Apr 5 Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park, opens in Birkenhead, England, designed by Joseph Paxton
Did You Know?
Major Walter Clopton Winfield patents a game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis)
On February 23, 1874
World Leaders in 1874
Benjamin Disraeli
British Prime Minister
Otto von Bismarck
German Statesman
Ulysses S. Grant
Union General and US President
Famous People in 1874
Claude Monet
Impressionist Painter
Giuseppe Verdi
Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer
Guglielmo Marconi
Harry Houdini
Herbert Hoover
Mackenzie King
Robert Frost
Winston ChurchillFamous Weddings
- Mar 21 Ulysses S. Grant's daughter Nellie marries in the White House
- Apr 24 Outlaw Jesse James marries cousin Zerelda 'Zee' Mimms
Gail Borden
Millard FillmoreArticles on Events in 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, 1874
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, 1874