Historical figures in 1874
The atlas holds 18 people and 27 moments here, in 1874. The most recorded lives are Karl Marx, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Mark Twain. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Historians.
Notable people
Alexander Graham Bell
in 1874
1 moment here
Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, teacher of the deaf, and engineer best known for patenting the first practical telephone.…
Emily Dickinson
in 1874
1 moment here
American poet Emily Elizabeth Dickinson spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, with documented childhood schooling, a brief Boston…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1874
4 moments here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1874
1 moment here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Herbert Hoover
in 1874
1 moment here
Herbert Clark Hoover was an American mining engineer, international relief administrator, U.S.…
José Martí
in 1874
2 moments here
Cuban nationalist, writer, journalist, and organizer of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Martí lived and worked across Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Guatemala,…
Karl Marx
in 1874
5 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Mark Twain
in 1874
2 moments here
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, journalist, lecturer, riverboat pilot, and traveler.…
Max Planck
in 1874
1 moment here
German theoretical physicist and originator of quantum theory. Planck’s documented life moved from Kiel to Munich, Berlin, Kiel again, and Berlin,…
Millard Fillmore
in 1874
1 moment here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Oscar Wilde
in 1874
1 moment here
Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…
Otto von Bismarck
in 1874
1 moment here
Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
in 1874
1 moment here
Russian Romantic composer whose career ranged from civil-service work and conservatory teaching in Saint Petersburg and Moscow to international…
Ronald Ross
in 1874
1 moment here
British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…
Vincent van Gogh
in 1874
1 moment here
Dutch Post-Impressionist painter whose documented movements trace a path from a Brabant childhood through work and religious study in the…
William Howard Taft
in 1874
1 moment here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Winston Churchill
in 1874
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Woodrow Wilson
in 1874
1 moment here
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American academic, governor of New Jersey, and the 28th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1874 Phonautograph experiments at the Bell homestead Alexander Graham Bell
- 1874 Father's funeral at the Homestead Emily Dickinson
- 1874 Lives and writes at Quarry Farm Mark Twain
- 1874 Occupies the Mark Twain House Mark Twain
- 1874 Studies at Ludwig Maximilian University Max Planck
- 1874 Magdalen College undergraduate Oscar Wilde
- 1874 Survived attack at Bad Kissingen Otto von Bismarck
- 1874 Medical student at St Bartholomew's Ronald Ross
- 1874 Enters Yale College William Howard Taft
- 1874 Undergraduate transfer to Princeton Woodrow Wilson
- 1874 Death in Buffalo Millard Fillmore
- 1874 Italian journey: Florence Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1874 Returned to Staraya Russa for an extended stay Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1874 Paris during Le Candidat reception Gustave Flaubert
- 1874 Passed through Berlin en route to treatment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1874 Took his first documented cure at Bad Ems Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1874 Returned to Staraya Russa after treatment Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1874 Birth in West Branch Herbert Hoover
- 1874 Takes his first Karlsbad cure Karl Marx
- 1874 Lives at Ivy Cottage Vincent van Gogh
- 1874 Stops in Berlin after Karlsbad Karl Marx
- 1874 Stops in Dresden after Karlsbad Karl Marx
- 1874 Stops in Hamburg en route to London Karl Marx
- 1874 Stops in Leipzig after Karlsbad Karl Marx
- 1874 Visit to Paris José Martí
- 1874 Born at Blenheim Palace Winston Churchill
- 1874 Departure from Le Havre for Mexico José Martí