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In the year 1874
87 Notable deaths
Millard Fillmore
President of the united states from 1850 to 1853.
Born January 7th, 1800 in Summerhill.
Died March 8th, 1874 at 74 years old in Buffalo (stroke).
Charles Sumner
American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874).
Born January 6th, 1811 in Boston.
Died March 11th, 1874 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Ernst Litfaß
German printer and publisher (1816-1874).
Born February 11th, 1816 in Berlin.
Died December 27th, 1874 at 58 years old in Wiesbaden.
Ezra Cornell
American businessman (1807-1874).
Born January 11th, 1807 in The Bronx.
Died December 9th, 1874 at 67 years old in Ithaca.
Lunalilo
Sixth monarch of the kingdom of hawaii (1835-1874).
Born January 31st, 1835 in Honolulu.
Died February 3rd, 1874 at 39 years old (tuberculosis).
Johann Philipp Reis
German scientist and inventor (1834–1874).
Born January 7th, 1834 in Gelnhausen.
Died January 14th, 1874 at 40 years old in Friedrichsdorf.
David Strauss
German theologian (1808–1874).
Born January 27th, 1808 in Ludwigsburg.
Died February 8th, 1874 at 66 years old in Ludwigsburg.
Howard Staunton
English chess master and shakespearean scholar (1810-1874).
Born April 1st, 1810 in Westmorland.
Died June 22nd, 1874 at 64 years old in London (cardiovascular disease).
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes del Castillo
Cuban revolutionary hero, plantation, poet, musician; 1st (wartime) president of cuba (1816-1874).
Born April 18th, 1819 in Bayamo.
Died February 27th, 1874 at 54 years old in Sierra Maestra.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
American judge (1809–1874).
Born November 4th, 1809 in Watertown. [ref]
Died September 15th, 1874 at 64 years old in Newport.
Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria
Archduke of austria (1818-1874).
Born July 29th, 1818 in Vienna.
Died November 20th, 1874 at 56 years old in Židlochovice.
Franklin Buchanan
United states navy officer (1800-1874).
Born September 17th, 1800 in Baltimore.
Died May 11th, 1874 at 73 years old in Talbot County.
Gail Borden
American inventor (1801–1874).
Born November 9th, 1801 in Norwich.
Died January 11th, 1874 at 72 years old in Borden.
Owen Jones
British architect (1809–1874).
Born February 15th, 1809 in London.
Died April 19th, 1874 at 65 years old in London.
Abraham Geiger
Prussian rabbi and scholar (1810–1874).
Born May 24th, 1810 in Frankfurt.
Died October 23rd, 1874 at 64 years old in Berlin.
Anders Jonas Ångström
Swedish physicist.
Born August 13th, 1814 in Lögdö bruk. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1874 at 59 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Constantin von Tischendorf
German theologian and biblical scholar (1815-1874).
Born January 18th, 1815 in Lengenfeld. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1874 at 59 years old in Leipzig. [ref]
Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin
French politician (1807-1874).
Born February 2nd, 1807 in former 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died December 31st, 1874 at 67 years old in Fontenay-aux-Roses. [ref]
Princess Maria of Romania
Romanian royal (1870–1874).
Born September 8th, 1870 in Bucharest.
Died April 9th, 1874 at 3 years old in Peleș Castle (streptococcal infection).
Charles Gleyre
Swiss artist (1806-1874).
Born May 2nd, 1806 in Chevilly.
Died May 5th, 1874 at 68 years old in Palais Bourbon (aneurysm).
Louise Rasmussen
Danish ballet dancer and actress; morganatic spouse of king frederick vii of denmark (1815-1874).
Born April 21st, 1815 in Copenhagen.
Died March 6th, 1874 at 58 years old in Genoa.
Moritz von Jacobi
German engineer and physicist (1801–1874).
Born September 21st, 1801 in Potsdam.
Died March 11th, 1874 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction).
Peter Cornelius
German composer (1824–1874).
Born December 24th, 1824 in Mainz.
Died October 26th, 1874 at 49 years old in Mainz.
Louis Wigfall
American politician (1816–1874).
Born April 21st, 1816 in Edgefield.
Died February 18th, 1874 at 57 years old in Galveston.
Otto Hesse
German mathematician (*1811 – †1874).
Born April 22nd, 1811 in Königsberg.
Died August 4th, 1874 at 63 years old in Munich.
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