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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 U.S. states. States. Alabama. Arkansas. California. Connecticut. Delaware. Florida. Georgia. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan. Minnesota. Mississippi. Missouri. Nebraska. Nevada. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New York. North Carolina. Ohio. Oregon.
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The 1874 United States elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Ulysses S. Grant's second term, during the Third Party System. Members of the 44th United States Congress were chosen in this election. The election took place during the Reconstruction Era, and many Southerners were barred from voting.
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- Ulysses S. Grant (Republican)
- Republican hold
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The Locust Plague of 1874, or the Grasshopper Plague of 1874, occurred when hordes of Rocky Mountain locusts invaded the Great Plains in the United States and Canada. The locust hordes covered about 2,000,000 square miles (5,200,000 km 2) and caused millions of dollars' worth of damage.
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The year 1874 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy [ edit ] December 9 – a transit of Venus across the Sun is observed in Muddapur, India, by an astronomical expedition led by Pietro Tacchini
Events from the year 1874 in the United Kingdom . Incumbents. Monarch – Victoria. Prime Minister – William Ewart Gladstone ( Liberal) (until 17 February), Benjamin Disraeli ( Conservative) (starting 20 February) Events.
1874 was a common year. Births. March 29 – Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States (d. 1944) August 10 – Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964) September 13 – Arnold Schoenberg. November 30 – Winston Churchill.