What Happened In August 1874 In History

Historical Events for August, 1874

• 5th » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1874

• 5th » Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (d. 1948)
• 6th » Charles Fort, American author (d. 1932)
• 8th » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 1948)
• 9th » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
• 9th » Otto Steffen, American gymnast (d. 1957)
• 10th » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
• 22nd » Max Scheler, German philosopher and author (d. 1928)
• 26th » Zona Gale, American author and playwright (d. 1938)
• 27th » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)

Famous Deaths for August 1874

• 14th » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)

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