Sep 12 1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded. Sep 26 1st Grand International Rifle match held Oct 1 Rotterdam opens drinking water pipes

Sep 12 1874 The District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is founded. Sep 26 1st Grand International Rifle match held Oct 1 Rotterdam opens drinking water pipes

July 14 – The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council. July 24. Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward patent the first incandescent lamp, with an electric light bulb.

12/02/2022 · Feb 03 In the year 1874 death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) Feb 08 In the year 1874 david F Strauss, German theologist, dies at 66 . Feb 09 In the year 1874 jules Michelet, French historian (History of France), dies at 75 . Feb 17 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belg astronomer/sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.

Events. January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx. February 21 – The Oakland Daily Tribune publishes its first newspaper. March 18 – Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights. March – The Young Men's Hebrew Association in Manhattan (which still operates today as the 92nd Street Y) is founded.

World events of 1874 – 1926. By ILikeYellowSnow. Timeline. List. 1880. 1890. 1900. 1910. 1920.

In 1874 some 120 billion locusts cut a swath more than 100 miles wide that by fall had advanced to Texas. The Homestead Act of 1862, the end of the Civil War in 1865 and completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869 contributed to a great Western migration of Americans.

FOOD HISTORY TIMELINE 1870 to 1874. 1870 The McIntosh apple is propagated from a seedling by Allan McIntosh of Ontario. It will become the dominant variety in New England. 1870 The U.S. produces 30 million cans of food.. 1870 The creation of the U.S. Weather Service (National Weather Service) was authorized by Congress.. 1870 William C. Coleman was born. . Inventor …

Civil War through Reconstruction, 1861 through 1874. In the last years of the 1850s, Arkansas enjoyed an economic boom that was unparalleled in its history. But in the years between 1861 and 1865, the bloody and destructive Civil War destroyed that prosperity. The conflict brought death and destruction to the state on a scale that few could ...