Deaths Date 1874 | History by KabAstro

Jan 4 Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
Jan 8 Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian, dies at 59

Gail Borden (1801-1874)

Jan 11 American manufacturer and inventor of condensed milk, dies at 72

Jan 14 Johann Philipp Reis, German Physicist and Inventor, dies of lung disease at 40
Jan 17 Chang & Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins, die at 62
Jan 19 August Heinrich Hoffmann, German writer, dies at 75
Jan 24 Adam Black, Scottish politician and publisher (A & C Black), dies at 89
Feb 3 Lunalilo, Hawaiian king (1873-74), dies of tuberculosis at 39
Feb 8 David Strauss, German theologist (focused on historical Jesus' Life), dies at 66
Feb 9 Countess of Ségur, French writer ("Les Malheurs de Sophie"), dies at 74
Feb 9 Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75
Feb 17 Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician and sociologist (body mass index scale), dies at 77
Feb 18 Louis Wigfall, American politician (Confederate States Senator from Texas 1862-85), dies at 57
Feb 24 Anselmo Clavé, Spanish politician and composer, dies at 49
Feb 27 Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuban revolutionary hero, dies at 54

Millard Fillmore (1800-1874)

Mar 8 13th President of the United States (Whig: 1850-53), dies at 74

Mar 11 Charles Sumner, American politician, Senator Massachusetts (1851-74) and anti-slavery advocate, dies at 63
Mar 14 Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (published the most complete map of the Moon of the time, Mappa Selenographica, 4 vol. with Wilhelm Beer), dies at 79
Mar 20 Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish waltz composer, and musical director (Tivoli Gardens, 1843-72), dies at 63
Mar 28 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer (Hansen hypothesis), dies at 78
Apr 4 Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
Apr 14 Hermanus J. Abbring, Dutch engineer and writer on Curacao, dies at 86
Apr 19 Owen Jones, architect, dies
Apr 20 Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 56
May 1 Vilém Blodek [Plodek], Czech pianist, flautist, and composer, dies at 39
May 11 Franklin Buchanan, American first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, dies at 73
May 23 Silvain van de Weyer, 1st Belgian foreign minister to Britain, dies at 72
Jun 8 Cochise, Chiricahua Apache principal nantan and war leader during the Apache Wars (1861-72), dies of natural causes at 68 or 69
Jun 21 Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (Spectroscopy), dies at 59
Jun 22 Howard Staunton, English World Chess Champion, designer of chess pieces, dies at 84
Jul 11 Xavier de Mérode, Belgium minister to the Pope in Rome, dies at 54
Jul 12 Fritz Reuter, German novelist, dies at 63
Aug 14 Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Instruction of Florida) and Presbyterian minister, dies at 52
Aug 22 Sydney Thompson Dobell, English poet, dies at 50
Aug 27 Johan George Schwartze, painter, dies
Aug 27 John Henry Foley, Irish sculptor (Prince Albert Memorial), dies at 56
Sep 12 François Guizot, French historian and politician (17th Prime Minister of France), dies at 86
Sep 15 Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American attorney and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 64
Sep 21 JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75
Oct 6 Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, dies at 50
Oct 23 Abraham Geiger, German theologian and leader of Reform Judaism, dies at 64
Oct 26 Peter Cornelius, German composer and teacher (The Barber of Baghdad), dies of liver issues at 49
Nov 2 Thomas Anderson, Scottish chemist (discovered pyridine), dies at 55
Nov 9 Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies
Dec 7 Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815)
Dec 8 Franz Wilhelm Ferling, German oboist and composer (48 études for oboe), dies at 78
Dec 9 Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist (founder of Western Union Telegraph and Cornell University), dies at 67
Dec 16 Abraham Capadose, Dutch physician and missionary, dies at 79