1874

Year 1874 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - annexes.
 * - Ignacio (Maria) Gonzalez becomes head of state of the (for the first time).
 * - Marriage of the, second son of , to , only daughter of Emperor.
 * - ' composition  is premiered.
 * January - Signing of the (also known as the Pangkor Engagement), by which the  extended their control over, first the Sultanate of  and later the other independent Malay States.
 * - The publishes its first.
 * - patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called.
 * - signs a treaty with the  granting exclusive  rights.
 * March - founding of a Young Men's Hebrew Association in which still operates today  as the

April - June

 * - reviews the first  exhibition, held in Paris, and  coins the term with reference to 's Impression, Sunrise.
 * - The first horse drawn carriage made its début in the city of, plying on two routes.
 * - and  receive a US  for blue  with copper rivets. The price was $13.50 per dozen.
 * - The is consecrated as the flag of Estonian Students Society in.
 * - Michel Dominique becomes the head of state of.

July - September

 * - The first public zoo in the U.S. opens, at.
 * - is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of.
 * - and  patent the first  with an electric light bulb.

October - December

 * - Modern founded in
 * - regain the  for the first time since 1860.
 * -  publishes a by  considered the first important use of an  as a symbol for the ..
 * - demonstrates his "induction resonance motion motor" (later investigation reveals fraud behind another ).
 * - The is established as a  made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the.
 * - of.

Undated

 * is granted a and limited home rule.
 * Home Rule Movement created to protest control over . (see )
 * Opening of the in.
 * and the claim this year to mark the invisible return of Jesus Christ to earth.
 * founded.

January - June

 * -, German-born aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, Czech composer and violinist (d. )
 * -, American physiologist, laureate (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, English footballer, cricketer and baseball player (d. )
 * -, American religious leader and author (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, American entrepreneur (d. )
 * -, Austrian writer (d. )
 * -, American writer, ichthyologist, publisher (d. )
 * -, American writer and patron of the arts (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * , Swedish writer (d. )
 * , English-born composer (d. )
 * -, Irish explorer (d. )
 * -, American computer pioneer (d. )
 * -, Estonian president (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, German poet (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-born magician (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (d. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Swiss psychiatrist and geneticist (d. )
 * -, Italian inventor, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, French perfume manufacturer (d. )
 * -, British archaeologist (d. )
 * -, French actress and singer (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, American aviation pioneer (d. )
 * -, ninth (d. )
 * -, Danish engineer and physicist (d. )
 * -, Danish engineer and physicist (d. )

July - December

 * -, last khedive of Egypt (d. )
 * -, Russian conductor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian politician (d. )
 * -, writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (d. )
 * , American politician (d. )
 * , Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * - Prince (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, English chemist (d. )
 * -, Danish zoophysiologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, Portuguese physician and neurologist, recipient of the (d. )
 * ,, recipient of the (d. )
 * , Canadian author (d. )
 * -, Russian pianist (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Austrian composer (d. )

January - June

 * -, French writer and historian (b. )
 * -, and  performers. (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, last monarch of the House of Kamahameha (b. )
 * -, German theologian (b. )
 * -, 13th (b. )
 * -, engineer and physicist (b. )
 * -, Danish composer (b. )
 * -, Japanese statesman (executed) (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, Swedish physicist (b. )

July - December

 * -, popular historian (b. )
 * -, novelist (b. )
 * -, Dutch-American religious leader (b. )
 * -, African-American minister and politician (b. )
 * -, American oil magnate (b. )
 * -, Russian politician (b. )
 * -, German Biblical scholar (b. )
 * -, German pianist and composer (b. )
 * date unknown -, American sculptor (b. 1825)


 * See also .