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Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). Incumbents Monarch - Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - William Gladstone, Liberal (until State leaders in 1873 - Events of 1874 - State leaders in 1875 - State leaders by year ---- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - José Baptista de Andrade, Governor-General of Angola ( 1873 - 1876) Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Thursday ( Dominical letter D) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Contents 1 Events of 1874 1.1 January - March 1.2 April - June 1.3 July - September 1.4 October - December 1.5 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December

Events of 1874

January - March

• January 1 - New York City annexes The Bronx. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC The City of New York
• January 2 - Ignacio (Maria) Gonzalez becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic (for the first time). Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with
• January 23 - Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, to Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia, only daughter of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Alfred Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Ernest Albert 6 August 1844 &ndash 30 July 1900 was the third Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha reigning between 1893 and 1900 Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (later Duchess of Edinburgh and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; 17 October 1853 &ndash 24 Alexander III Alexandrovich ( 10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) (Александр III Александрович reigned as Emperor
• January 23 - Camille Saint-Saëns' composition Danse Macabre is premiered. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and Danse Macabre (first performed in 1875) is the name of opus 40 by French composer Camille Saint-Saëns.
• January - Signing of the Pangkor Treaty (also known as the Pangkor Engagement), by which the British extended their control over, first the Sultanate of Perak and later the other independent Malay States. The Pangkor Treaty of 1874 was a treaty signed between the British and the Sultan of Perak. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Perak is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is the second largest state in Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of
• February 21 - The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland The Oakland Tribune is a daily Newspaper published in Oakland California by the Alameda Newspaper Group, a subsidiary of MediaNews A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint.
• February 23 - Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a game called "sphairistike" which is more commonly called lawn tennis. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Major Walter Clopton Wingfield (October 1833 – April 18, 1912) was a Welsh inventor of lawn tennis (1874 Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles)
• March 18 - Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Trade is the willing exchange of goods, services, or both Trade is also called Commerce.
• March - founding of a Young Men's Hebrew Association in Manhattan which still operates today as the 92nd Street Y
• March - Formation of Aston Villa Football Club

April - June

• 25 April - Louis Leroy reviews the first Impressionist exhibition, held in Paris, and coins the term with reference to Claude Monet's Impression, Sunrise. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The 92nd Street Y is a multifaceted cultural institution and community center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. For the baseball player see Louis Leroy. ---- Louis Leroy was a French 19th century engraver painter and successful playwright Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s Claude Monet ( French klod mɔnɛ also known as Oscar-Claude Monet or Claude Oscar Monet (14 November 1840 &ndash 5 December 1926 was a founder
• 9 May - The first horse drawn carriage made its debut in the city of Mumbai, plying on two routes. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial
• May 20 - Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive a US patent for blue jeans with copper rivets. Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauß, ( February 26, 1829 - September 26, 1902) was a German - Jewish immigrant Jacob W Davis (Youphes was born in Riga, Latvia in 1831 and came to Reno Nevada in June 1868 A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an Jeans are Trousers made from Denim. Mainly designed for work, they became popular among Teenagers starting in the 1950s. The price was $13. 50 per dozen.
• June 4 - The flag of Estonia is consecrated as the flag of Estonian Students Society in Otepää. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. List of flags of Estonia The national flag of Estonia is a Tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of Blue (top Black Otepää is a town in Valga County, Estonia with a population of about 2000
• June 14 - Michel Domingue becomes the head of state of Haiti. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Michel Domingue was the leader of Haiti from 14 June, 1874 – 15 April, 1876. Haiti ( English: ˈheɪ·tiː or haɪ·ˈjiː·tiː French Haïti a·i·ti Haitian Creole:

July - September

• July 1 - Philadelphia Zoo opens, the first public zoo in the U. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. The Philadelphia Zoo, located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, was the first Zoo in the United S.
• July 23 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837-1880 was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population.
• July 24 - Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward patent the first incandescent lamp with an electric light bulb. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Matthew Evans is one of two Canadians who developed and patented an incandescent light bulb on July 24, 1874, five years before Thomas Edison 's U Henry Woodward was an early pioneer in the development of the Incandescent lamp. The incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is a source of electric Light that works by Incandescence, (a general

October - December

• October 19 - Modern University of Zagreb founded in Zagreb
• November 4 - Democrats regain the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1860. Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. The University of Zagreb (Sveučilište u Zagrebu Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis is the oldest Croatian University in continuous operation and also the oldest Zagreb (ˈzɑːgrɛb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate.
• November 7 - Harper's Weekly publishes a cartoon by Thomas Nast considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the Republican Party. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Harper's Magazine (also Harper's) is a monthly general-interest Magazine of literature politics culture finance and the arts The word cartoon has various meanings based on several very different forms of Visual art and Illustration. Thomas Nast ( September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a famous German-American Caricaturist and Editorial cartoonist Elephants ( family: Elephantidae) are large land Mammals of the order Proboscidea. [1].
• November 10 - John Ernst Worrell Keely demonstrates his "induction resonance motion motor" (later investigation reveals fraud behind another perpetual motion machine). Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw John Ernst Worrell Keely ( September 3 1827 – November 18 1898) was a US Inventor from Philadelphia who invented The term perpetual motion, taken literally refers to movement that goes on forever
• November 11 - The Gamma Phi Beta sorority is founded at Syracuse University. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Gamma Phi Beta ( ΓΦΒ) is an international Sorority that was founded on November 11 1874 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Syracuse University (SU is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York. This is the first women's greek letter organization to be called a sorority. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal
• November 25 - The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the Panic of 1873. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the The Greenback Party (also known as the Independent Party, the National Party, and the Greenback-Labor Party) was an American political party A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral The Panic of 1873 was the start of the Long Depression, a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States that lasted until 1879
• December 1 - Iceland is granted a constitution and limited home rule. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity
• December 9 - Transit of Venus. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city The term transit or astronomical transit has three meanings in astronomy A transit is the astronomical event that occurs when one A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the Planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, obscuring a small portion of the

Undated

• Home Rule Movement created to protest British Government control over Ireland. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world (see History of Ireland)
• Opening of the Agra canal in India. The history of Ireland begins with the first known settlement in Ireland around 8000 BC when Hunter-gatherers arrived from Great Britain and continental The Agra Canal is an important Indian Irrigation work which starts from Gurgaon in Haryana. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• Charles Russell and the Bible Student movement claim this year to mark the invisible return of Jesus Christ to earth. Charles Taze Russell ( February 16, 1852 &ndash October 31, 1916) also known as Pastor Russell, was a Protestant The Bible Student movement is the name adopted by a Protestant religious movement with premillennialist expectations that emerged from the teachings and
• Bolton Wanderers Football club founded (as Christ Church FC). Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
• Aston Villa Football Club founded. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
• Greenock Morton Football Club (Scotland) founded. Greenock Morton Football Club are a football team who currently play in the Irn-Bru sponsored Scottish Football League First Division.

Births

1874 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1874 MDCCCLXXIV
Ab urbe condita	2627
Armenian calendar	1323 ԹՎ ՌՅԻԳ
Bahá'í calendar	30 – 31
Berber calendar	2824
Buddhist calendar	2418
Burmese calendar	1236
Chinese calendar	4510/4570-11-13 (癸酉年十一月十三日) — to — 4511/4571-11-23 (甲戌年十一月廿三日)
Coptic calendar	1590 – 1591
Ethiopian calendar	1866 – 1867
Hebrew calendar	5634 – 5635
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1929 – 1930
- Shaka Samvat	1796 – 1797
- Kali Yuga	4975 – 4976
Holocene calendar	11874
Iranian calendar	1252 – 1253
Islamic calendar	1290 – 1291
Japanese calendar	Meiji 7 (明治7年)
Korean calendar	4207
Thai solar calendar	2417
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January - June

• January 1 - Gustav Albin Weißkopf , German-born aviation pioneer (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Births Deaths The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Gustave Albin Whitehead, born Gustav Albin Weisskopf ( January 1 1874 – October 10 1927)was a German immigrant to 1927)
• January 4 - Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (d. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. Josef Suk (4 January 1874 &ndash 29 May 1935 was a Czech Composer and Violinist Life Suk was born in Křečovice. 1935)
• January 5 - Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Joseph Erlanger ( January 5, 1874 &ndash December 5, 1965) was an American physiologist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1965)
• January 16 - Robert W. Service, American poet (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Robert William Service ( January 16, 1874 &ndash September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer 1958)
• January 20 - Steve Bloomer, English footballer, cricketer and baseball player (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Steve Bloomer (born January 20 1874, Cradley Worcestershire; died April 16 1938, Derby) was an English 1938)
• January 21 - Frederick Madison Smith, American religious leader and author (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Frederick Madison Smith ( January 21, 1874 &ndash March 20, 1946) was an American 1946)
• January 25 - William Somerset Maugham, English author (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate William Somerset Maugham, CH ( January 25 1874 &ndash December 16 1965) was an English Playwright, 1965)
• January 29 - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American entrepreneur (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. John Davison Rockefeller Jr (January 29 1874 &ndash May 11 1960 was a major Philanthropist and a pivotal member of the prominent Rockefeller family. 1960)
• February 1 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Hugo von Hofmannsthal ( February 1, 1874 – July 15, 1929) was an Austrian Novelist, librettist, Poet 1929)
• February 2 - William T. Innes, American writer, ichthyologist, publisher (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor William Thornton Innes III, LHD ( February 2, 1874 -- February 27, 1969) was an American Aquarist, author photographer 1969)
• February 3 - Gertrude Stein, American writer and patron of the arts (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Gertrude Stein ( February 3, 1874 &ndash July 27, 1946) was an American Writer who spent most of her life in France 1946)
• February 9 - Amy Lowell, American poet (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 474 - Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. Amy Lawrence Lowell ( February 9, 1874 — May 12, 1925) was an American Poet of the Imagist school from Brookline 1925)
• February 11
  • Elsa Beskow, Swedish writer (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Elsa Beskow ( née Maartman) ( February 11, 1874 &ndash June 30, 1953) was a Swedish author and illustrator of 1953)
  • Fritz Bennicke Hart, English-born composer (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fritz Bennicke Hart ( February 11, 1874 &ndash July 9, 1949) was an English-born Australian composer 1949)
• February 15 - Sir Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE, (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922 was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period 1922)
• February 17 - Thomas J. Watson, American computer pioneer (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Thomas John Watson Sr ( February 17, 1874 &ndash June 19, 1956) was the American president of International Business Machines 1956)
• February 23 - Konstantin Päts, Estonian president (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Konstantin Päts VR I/1 and III/1 ( February 23 1874 &ndash January 18 1956) was a Politician and the first President 1956)
• February 24 - Honus Wagner, baseball player (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (ˈhɑnəs ˈwæɡnɚ February 24 1874 &ndash December 6 1955) nicknamed " The Flying Dutchman 1955)
• March 20 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Börries von Münchhausen ( March 20, 1874 &ndash March 16, 1945) was a German Poet. 1945)
• March 24 - Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland 1926)
• March 26 - Robert Frost, American poet (d. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 &ndash January 29 1963 was an American Poet. 1963)
• March 29 - Lou Hoover, First Lady of the United States (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Louise Henry Hoover (March 29 1874 &ndash January 7 1944 was the wife of Herbert Hoover and First Lady of the United States. First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. 1944)
• April 8 - Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Stanisław Taczak (b 8 April 1874 in Mieszków near Jarotschin (Jarocin – 2 March 1960 in Malbork, 1960)
• April 15 - Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Johannes Stark ( April 15, 1874 &ndash June 21, 1957) was a prominent 20th century German physicist, and Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1957)
• April 19 - Ernst Rudin, Swiss psychiatrist and geneticist (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Ernst Rüdin ( April 19, 1874 - October 22, 1952) was a Swiss psychiatrist, Geneticist and eugenicist 1952)
• April 25 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1937)
• April 28 - Joachim Spungel, Austrian linguistics expert (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Joachim Spungel ( April 28, 1874 - March 12, 1946) was an Austrian Linguistics expert 1946)
• May 3 - François Coty, French perfume manufacturer (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João François Coty (born Joseph Marie François Spoturno; 3 May 1874, Ajaccio, Corsica &ndash 25 July 1934, 1934)
• May 9 - Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Howard Carter ( May 9 1874 March 2 1939) was an English Archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer 1939)
• May 14 - Polaire, French actress and singer (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Mlle Polaire was the Stage name used by French singer and actress Emilie Marie Bouchaud ( May 14, 1874 &ndash October 1939)
• May 19 - Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (d. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Gilbert Laird Jessop ( May 19, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire – May 11, 1955, Fordington, Dorset 1955)
• May 29 - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English author (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936 was an influential English writer of the early 20th century 1936)
• June 11 - Lyman Gilmore, American aviation pioneer (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr ( June 11, 1874 - February 18, 1951) was an Aviation pioneer 1951)
• June 16 - Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Arthur Meighen (ˈmiən PC, QC ( June 16, 1874 – August 5, 1960) was the ninth Prime Minister of Canada The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1960)
• June 19 - Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Peder Oluf Pedersen ( June 19, 1874 – August 30, 1941) was a Danish Engineer and Physicist. 1941)

July - December

• July 14 - Abbas II, last khedive of Egypt (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Abbas II (also known as Abbas Hilmi Pasha) (عباس حلمي باشا ( July 14, 1874, Alexandria &ndash 19 December 1944)
• July 26 - Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes -->Dr 1951)
• July 27 - Frank Shannon, American actor (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Frank Connolly Shannon ( July 27 1874 - February 1 1959) was an Irish -born Actor and Writer. 1959)
• July 29 - J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat James Shaver Woodsworth ( July 29, 1874 &ndash March 21, 1942) was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement 1942)
• August 6 - Charles Fort, writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Charles Hoy Fort ( 6 August, 1874 &ndash 3 May, 1932) was a Dutch-American writer and researcher into anomalous phenomena 1932)
• August 27 - Carl Bosch, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Carl Bosch ( August 27, 1874 &ndash April 26, 1940) was a German Chemist and Engineer who won the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1940)
• September 13
  • Henry Fountain Ashurst, American politician (d. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Henry Fountain Ashurst ( September 13, 1874 &ndash May 31, 1962) was an American Democratic Politician and one 1962)
  • Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (d. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arnold Schoenberg ( pronounced ˈʃøːnbɛrk (13 September 1874 &ndash 13 July 1951 was an Austrian and later American Composer, associated with 1951)
• September 21 - Gustav Holst, English composer (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Gustav Theodore Holst (21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934was an English Composer and was a music teacher for nearly 20 years 1934)
• October 15 - Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (d. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Hereditary Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert 15 October 1874 – 6 February 1899) was born 1899)
• October 20 - Charles Ives, American composer (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Charles Edward Ives (October 20 1874 – May 19 1954 was an American Composer of modernist Classical music. 1954)
• October 26 - Martin Lowry, English chemist (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Thomas Martin Lowry ( October 26, 1874 - November 2, 1936) was an English physical chemist. 1936)
• November 15 - August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Schack August Steenberg Krogh ( November 15, 1874 &ndash September 13, 1949) was a Danish professor with partly Romani The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1949)
• November 29 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician and neurologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe António Caetano de Abreu Freire EGAS MONIZ ('ɛgɐʃ mu'niʃ ( November 29, 1874 &ndash December 13, 1955 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1955)
• November 30
  • Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1965)
  • Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Lucy Maud Montgomery CBE, (always called "Maud" by family and friends and publicly known as L 1942)
• December 13 - Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Josef Lhévinne ( 13 December 1874 &ndash 2 December 1944) was a Russian Pianist and piano teacher 1944)
• December 17 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila William Lyon Mackenzie King PC OM CMG ( December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1950)
• December 22 - Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (d. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Franz Schmidt ( December 22, 1874 &ndash February 11, 1939) was an Austrian Composer, cellist and pianist 1939)

Deaths

January - June

• January 8 - Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Abbé (from Latin Abbas, in turn from Greek αββας =  abbas Father, from Aramaic abba) is the French word for Abbé Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (8 September 1814 &ndash 8 January 1874 was a noted French writer Ethnographer, Historian and 1814)
• January 17 - Chang and Eng Bunker, siamese twins and sideshow performers. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca Conjoined twins are whose bodies are joined in utero A rare phenomenon the occurrence is estimated to range from 1 in 50000 births to 1 in 200000 births with a somewhat higher incidence In America a sideshow is an extra secondary production associated with a circus, carnival fair or other such attraction (b. 1811)
• January 19 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. ( April 2, 1798 - January 19, 1874) who used as his pen name was a German Poet. 1798)
• February 3 - William Charles Lunalilo, last monarch of the House of Kamahameha (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Lunalilo I &mdash born William Charles Lunalilo ( January 31, 1835 - February 3, 1874) &mdash was king of the 1835)
• February 8 - David Friedrich Strauss, German theologian (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. David Friedrich Strauss (or Strauß; January 27 1808 &ndash February 8 1874 was a German theologian and writer 1808)
• March 8 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (b. Year 1808 ( MDCCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Millard Fillmore ( January 7 1800 &ndash March 8 1874 was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853 and the last member of the Whig The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1800)
• March 10 - Moritz von Jacobi, engineer and physicist (b. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Moritz Hermann (Boris Semyonovich von Jacobi (Борис Семёнович (Морис-Герман Якоби ( September 21, 1801 &ndash March 10 1801)
• March 20 - Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (b. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Hans Christian Lumbye ( May 2, 1810 – March 20, 1874) was a Danish composer of Waltzes Polkas Mazurkas and 1810)
• April 13 - Etō Shinpei, Japanese statesman (executed) (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople 18 March 1834 - 13 April 1874) was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period, remembered chiefly for his 1834)
• April 20 - Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Alexander Hamilton Bailey ( August 14[[ 817]] - April 20[[ 874]] was a United States Representative from New York. 1817)
• June 20 - John Ruggles, American politician (b. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. John Ruggles ( October 8, 1789 &ndash June 20, 1874) was an American politician from the U 1789)
• June 21 - Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (b. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Anders Jonas Ångström ( August 13, 1814 &ndash June 21, 1874) was a Physicist in Sweden, one 1814)

July - December

• July 8 - Agnes Strickland, popular historian (b. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Agnes Strickland ( 19 August, 1796 – 8 July, 1874) was an English historical Writer and Poet. 1796)
• July 12 - Fritz Reuter, novelist (b. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Fritz Reuter ( November 7, 1810 &ndash July 12, 1874) was a German Novelist. 1810)
• July 24 - Gijsbert Haan, Dutch-American religious leader (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Gijsbert Haan or alternate spelling Gysbert Haan ( January 3, 1801 - July 27, 1874) was the leader in the 1857 Secession 1801)
• August 14 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, African-American minister and politician (b. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs II ( September 28, 1821 - August 14, 1874) was a Presbyterian minister and a prominent African-American 1821)
• October 6 - Samuel M. Kier, American oil magnate (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Samuel Martin Kier ( July 19, 1813 &ndash October 6, 1874) was an American Inventor and businessman who is credited with 1813)
• November 29 - Ioan Manu, Russian politician (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Ioan M Manu, also known as Iancu Manu ( 1803 - November 29 OS 1803)
• December 7 - Constantin von Tischendorf, German Biblical scholar (b. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Lobegott Friedrich Constantin (von Tischendorf ( January 18, 1815 &ndash December 7, 1874) was a noted German Biblical 1815)
• December 22 - Johann Peter Pixis, German pianist and composer (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Johann Peter Pixis (February 10 1788 - December 22 1874 was a German pianist and composer born in Mannheim, Germany. 1788)
• date unknown - William Henry Rinehart, American sculptor (b. Year 1788 ( MDCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap William Henry Rinehart, American Sculptor (1825 - 1874 was born in Maryland and studied sculpture in Baltimore, at what is now called the Maryland 1825)

See also Category: 1874 deaths.

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