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1874 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1874th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 874th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1874, the ...
- 1874 in the United States
July 1. Philadelphia Zoo opens, the first public zoo in the...
- 1874 in science
Astronomy. December 9 – a transit of Venus across the Sun is...
- 1874 in the United Kingdom
14 March – peace treaty with the Ashanti gives freedom of...
- 1874 in animation
Events. December 9: In 1874, Jules Janssen made several...
- 1874 in the United States
July 1. Philadelphia Zoo opens, the first public zoo in the U.S. Four-year-old Charley Ross, America's first major kidnapping for ransom victim, is taken from his home in Philadelphia. The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, with cylindrical platen and QWERTY keyboard, is first marketed.
Astronomy. December 9 – a transit of Venus across the Sun is observed in Muddapur, India, by an astronomical expedition led by Pietro Tacchini. Chemistry. Per Teodor Cleve discovers that didymium is in fact two elements, now known as neodymium and praseodymium. C. R. Alder Wright synthesizes heroin. Othmar Zeidler synthesises DDT [1]
14 March – peace treaty with the Ashanti gives freedom of movement for British Gold Coast traders, and a promise to end human sacrifice. [1] March – Aston Villa F.C. is founded by members of Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel cricket team in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Events. December 9: In 1874, Jules Janssen made several practice discs for the recording of the passage of Venus with his series Passage de Vénus, which he intended to record with his photographic revolver. He used a model of the planet and a light source standing in for the Sun.
1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1874th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 874th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1870s decade.
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Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 44th United States Congress convened on December 6, 1875. Elections were held for all 292 seats, representing 37 states.
