In the year 1874
87 Notable deaths
Phoebe Palmer
American evangelist and writer (1807–1874).
Born December 17th, 1807 in New York City.
Died November 2nd, 1874 at 66 years old in New York City.
Ilija Garašanin
Serbian politician (1812-1874).
Born January 28th, 1812 in Garaši.
Died June 22nd, 1874 at 62 years old in Grocka.
Wilhelm von Kaulbach
German painter (1805-1874).
Born October 15th, 1805 in Bad Arolsen.
Died April 7th, 1874 at 68 years old in Munich.
Francis Walker
English entomologist (1809–1874).
Born July 31st, 1809 in Southgate.
Died October 5th, 1874 at 65 years old in Wanstead.
Friedrich Burgmüller
German composer (1806–1874).
Born December 4th, 1806 in Regensburg.
Died February 13th, 1874 at 67 years old in Fontainebleau.
Amédée Méreaux
French musicologist, pianist, and composer.
Born September 17th, 1802 in former 8th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 25th, 1874 at 71 years old in Rouen.
Anselm von Rothschild
Austrian banker and art collector in vienna (1803-1874).
Born January 29th, 1803 in Frankfurt.
Died July 27th, 1874 at 71 years old in Vienna.
Niccolò Tommaseo
Italian linguist (1802-1874).
Born October 9th, 1802 in Šibenik.
Died May 1st, 1874 at 71 years old in Florence.
Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet
Scottish ornithologist and naturalist (1800–1874).
Born February 23rd, 1800 in Edinburgh.
Died November 21st, 1874 at 74 years old in Sandown.
Hans Christian Lumbye
Danish composer (1810–1874).
Born May 2nd, 1810 in Copenhagen.
Died March 20th, 1874 at 63 years old in Copenhagen.
Fritz Reuter
Low german writer (1810-1874).
Born November 7th, 1810 in Stavenhagen.
Died July 12th, 1874 at 63 years old in Eisenach.
John Phillips
English geologist (1800-1874).
Born December 25th, 1800 in Wiltshire.
Died April 24th, 1874 at 73 years old in Oxford (falling from height).
Max Schultze
German microscopic anatomist and phycologist (1825–1874).
Born March 25th, 1825 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died June 16th, 1874 at 49 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Louis Napoléon Lannes
French diplomat and politician (1801-1874).
Born July 30th, 1801 in Paris.
Died July 18th, 1874 at 72 years old in Paris.
Jean Louis Marie Eugène Durieu
French photographer (1800–1874).
Born December 10th, 1800 in Nîmes.
Died May 16th, 1874 at 73 years old in Paris, Geneva.
Blanche d'Antigny
French actress and singer, literary model (1840–1874).
Born May 9th, 1840 in Martizay. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1874 at 34 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (typhoid fever).
Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg
French mesoamericanist (1814–1874).
Born September 8th, 1814 in Bourbourg.
Died January 8th, 1874 at 59 years old in Nice.
Victor Baltard
Architect (1805–1874).
Born June 19th, 1805 in former 10th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died January 13th, 1874 at 68 years old in Paris.
Sylvain Van de Weyer
Belgian politician and ambassador to britain (1802-1874).
Born January 19th, 1802 in Leuven.
Died May 23rd, 1874 at 72 years old in London.
Mariano Fortuny Marsal
Spanish painter (1838-1874).
Died November 21st, 1874 at 36 years old in Rome.
James Bogardus
American inventor and architect (1800–1874).
Born March 14th, 1800 in Catskill.
Died April 13th, 1874 at 74 years old in New York City.
Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie
British politician (1801-1874).
Born April 22nd, 1801 in Brechin.
Died July 6th, 1874 at 73 years old in Brechin Castle.
Julie-Victoire Daubié
French journalist (1824-1874).
Born March 26th, 1824 in Bains-les-Bains.
Died August 26th, 1874 at 50 years old in Fontenoy-le-Château (tuberculosis).
Carl Meissner
Swiss botanist (1800-1874).
Born November 1st, 1800 in Bern.
Died May 2nd, 1874 at 73 years old in Basel.
Ferdinand Stoliczka
Czech traveller, geologist and paleontologist (1838–1874).
Born May 28th, 1838 in Kroměříž. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1874 at 36 years old in Ladakh, Murgo. [ref]
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If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou