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'''1874''' was the third year after the founding of the City of [[Birmingham]].
'''1874''' was the third year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* [[May 19]] - [[May 22|22]]: [[1874 Alabama Press Association convention]]
* [[May 19]]–[[May 22|22]]: [[1874 Alabama Press Association convention]]
* [[November 18]]: [[R. H. Hagood]] succeeded [[James T. Eubank]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[November 22]]: A [[1874 Montevallo tornado|tornado]] ripped through [[Montevallo]], destroying half the city and killing 2 people.
* [[November 22]]: A [[1874 Montevallo tornado|tornado]] ripped through [[Montevallo]], destroying half the city and killing 2 people.
* [[November 24]]: [[George S. Houston]] succeeded [[David P. Lewis]] as [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor of Alabama]].
* [[November 24]]: [[George S. Houston]] succeeded [[David P. Lewis]] as [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor of Alabama]].
* Baker County was renamed [[Chilton County]].
* [[Birmingham City Schools]] were founded with the opening of the [[Powell School|Free School]].
* [[B. B. Comer]] took office on the Barbour County Court of Commissioners.
* [[John Harris]] succeeded [[Obediah Berry]] as [[Mayor of Tuscaloosa]].
* [[Robert Ligon]] succeeded [[Alexander McKinstry]] as [[Lieutenant Governor of Alabama]].
* [[William H. Morris]] won the [[1874 Birmingham mayoral election]].
* [[William H. Morris]] won the [[1874 Birmingham mayoral election]].
* [[B. B. Comer]] took office on the Barbour County Court of Commissioners.
* Baker County was renamed [[Chilton County]].
* [[First Christian Church]] was founded.
* The [[New Castle Post Office]] was established in the town of [[New Castle]].
* The [[New Castle Post Office]] was established in the town of [[New Castle]].


==Works==
=== Business ===
[[Image:First Birmingham School (1874).png|right|thumb|Powell School]]
* [[February 12]]: The ''[[Birmingham Iron Age]]'' went to press.
* The ''[[Birmingham Iron Age]]'' went to press.
 
* [[Charles Linn]] constructed [[Linn's Park]] adjacent to the [[Relay House]].
=== Religion ===
* [[Powell School]], [[Birmingham City Schools|Birmingham]]'s first public school was opened.
* [[First Christian Church]] was founded.
* [[C. A. Woodson]] succeeded [[E. T. Smythe]] as pastor of [[First Baptist Church of Birmingham]].  He was then succeeded by [[A. J. Waldrop]].


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
[[Image:William Bankhead 1937.jpg|right|thumb|Portrait of William Bankhead from the cover of ''TIME'' magazine. November 29, 1937]]
* [[November 18]]: [[R. H. Hagood]] succeeded [[James T. Eubank]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* [[Mary Cahalan]] became the first teacher hired for the [[Powell School|Free School]].
* [[D. C. B. Connelly]] became the first principal of the Free School.
* [[G. H. Gultry]] succeeded [[Henry Furgurson]] as [[Walker County Sheriff]].
* Colonel [[J. J. Jolly]] arrived in Birmingham with his family.
* [[Wallace McElwain]] sold his personal property and moved with his family to [[Oxford]] in [[Calhoun County]].
* [[Carlos Smith]] succeeded [[Nathaniel Lupton]] as [[List of University of Alabama presidents|president of the University of Alabama]].
===Births===
===Births===
* [[April 12]]: U. S. Speaker of the House [[William Bankhead]] was born in Lamar County.
* [[April 12]]: [[William Bankhead]], U. S. Speaker of the House
* [[Henry T. DeBardeleben]], industrialist and executive, was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[Henry T. DeBardeleben]], industrialist and executive
* [[William Leslie Welton]], architect, was born in Nebraska.
* [[Hill Ferguson]], insurance executive and civic leader
* [[William Leslie Welton]], architect
 
=== Marriages ===
* Attorney [[John Terry]] married his second wife, the former Mary E. Taylor.
 
==Works==
[[Image:First Birmingham School (1874).png|right|thumb|Powell School]]
=== Buildings ===
* [[Linn's Park]]
* [[Powell School]]


==Context==
==Context==
In 1874 Birmingham, England's Aston Villa Football Club was founded. Gold was discovered in South Dakota's Black Hills. Levi Strauss and his partner patented copper-riveted blue jeans. The Agra Canal opened in India. Notable births included those of William Somerset Maugham, Gertrude Stein, Honus Wagner, Harry Houdini, Robert Frost, Herbert Hoover, Charles Ives, and Winston Churchill. Deaths in 1874 included those of Siamese twins Chang and Eng and former President Millard Fillmore.
In 1874, Camille Saint-Saëns' composition ''Danse Macabre'' premiered.  Birmingham, England's Aston Villa Football Club was founded. Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the U.S., opened.  Gold was discovered in South Dakota's Black Hills.   The Agra Canal opened in India.
 
Notable books published in 1874 included ''Far From the Madding Crowd'' by Thomas Hardyby and ''The Mysterious Island'' by Jules Verne.  Notable music composed in 1874 included ''Symphony No. 4'' by Anton Bruckner, ''Pictures at an Exhibition'' (for piano) by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, ''Piano Concerto No. 1'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and ''Requiem'' by Giuseppe Verdi.
 
Notable births in 1874 included author William Somerset Maugham, writer and art patron Gertrude Stein, baseball player Honus Wagner, magician Harry Houdini, poet Robert Frost, President Herbert Hoover, composer Charles Ives, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Notable deaths included Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, former president Millard Fillmore, engineer and physicist Moritz von Jacobi, and physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.


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Revision as of 11:53, 18 January 2012

1874 was the third year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Religion

Individuals

Portrait of William Bankhead from the cover of TIME magazine. November 29, 1937

Births

Marriages

  • Attorney John Terry married his second wife, the former Mary E. Taylor.

Works

Powell School

Buildings

Context

In 1874, Camille Saint-Saëns' composition Danse Macabre premiered. Birmingham, England's Aston Villa Football Club was founded. Philadelphia Zoo, the first public zoo in the U.S., opened. Gold was discovered in South Dakota's Black Hills. The Agra Canal opened in India.

Notable books published in 1874 included Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardyby and The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne. Notable music composed in 1874 included Symphony No. 4 by Anton Bruckner, Pictures at an Exhibition (for piano) by Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi.

Notable births in 1874 included author William Somerset Maugham, writer and art patron Gertrude Stein, baseball player Honus Wagner, magician Harry Houdini, poet Robert Frost, President Herbert Hoover, composer Charles Ives, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Notable deaths included Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker, former president Millard Fillmore, engineer and physicist Moritz von Jacobi, and physicist Anders Jonas Ångström.

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