1874 deaths

president of the United States from 1850 to 1853

French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance

Swedish physicist

French historian, orator and statesman (1787–1874)

Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist (1796-1874)

German theologian (1808–1874)

German scholar and poet (1798–1874)

English chess master and Shakespearean scholar (1810-1874)

French writer of Russian birth (1799–1874)

Italian linguist (1802-1874)

Thai-American conjoined twin brothers

German scientist and inventor (1834–1874)

German engineer and physicist (1801–1874)

Cuban revolutionary hero, plantation, poet, musician; 1st (wartime) President of Cuba (1816-1874)

German composer (1824–1874)

German theologian and biblical scholar (1815-1874)

Low German writer (1810-1874)

American abolitionist and statesman (1811–1874)

Spanish painter (1838-1874)

Swiss artist (1806-1874)

German astronomer (1795-1874)

Portuguese infanta; eldest child of John VI of Portugal and Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1793–1874)

American social reformer, philosopher, inventor, musician, and author (1798–1874)

Serbian politician (1812-1874)

German mathematician (*1811 – †1874)

Archduke of Austria (1818-1874)

German astronomer (1794–1874)

Syrian writer and poet (1836–1874)

Lunalilo (William Charles Lunalilo; January 31, 1835 – February 3, 1874) was the sixth monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii from his election on January 8, 1873, until his death a year later.

Swiss botanist (1800-1874)

Czech poet, publicist and writer (1835–1874)

Prussian rabbi and scholar (1810–1874)

thumb|Dragoon Mountains in Southeastern Arizona, where Cochise hid with his warriors Cochise ( ; Apache: or , ; later or , ; June 8, 1874) was the leader of the Chiricahui local group of the Chokonen and principal nantan of the Chokonen band of a Chiricahua Apache. A key war leader during the Apache Wars, he led an uprising that began in 1861 and persisted until a peace treaty was negotiated in 1872. Cochise County is named after him.

Scottish ornithologist and naturalist (1800–1874)

anatomist/zoologist (1793-1874)

French writer and critic (1804–1874)

American businessman (1807-1874)

German painter (1805-1874)

French applied mathematician

French geologist

German composer (1806–1874)

French politician (1807-1874)

English entomologist (1809–1874)

British botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist and cleric (1802-1874)

Danish composer (1810–1874)

German artist and scientist (1799–1874)

English geologist (1800-1874)

Czech traveller, geologist and paleontologist (1838–1874)

architect (1805–1874)

French entomologist, author and editor (1799-1874)

Belgian politician (1794-1874)

Queen regnant of Cambodia

Danish ballet dancer and actress; morganatic spouse of King Frederick VII of Denmark (1815-1874)

Belgian politician and ambassador to Britain (1802-1874)

President of Bolivia (1831-1874)

Czech composer, flautist, and pianist (1834-1874)

Swedish naturalist (1785–1874)

painter (1803-1874)

French anatomist and pathologist (1791–1874)

French botanist and politician (1798-1874)