Year
The world in 1874
In 1874 the atlas holds 475 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - 136 Austria, 139 Juewa and 140 Siwa among them - and 6 ended; 69 people were born and 15 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1870s page, and to its century on the 19th century.
What began in 1874
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 1
- Spain under the Restoration · state · 1874 – 1931
Wars and battles 3
- 1874 Japanese expedition to Taiwan · battle · 1874
- Egyptian–Ethiopian War · war · 1874 – 1876
- Red River War · war · 1874 – 1875
Regime change 1
- Coup d'état of Pavía · adverse regime change · 1874
Unrest and atrocity 3
- Saga Rebellion · unrest · 1874
- Brooks–Baxter War · unrest · 1874
- Battle of Liberty Place · unrest · 1874
Treaties 2
- Treaty of Bern · treaty · 1874
- Pangkor Treaty of 1874 · treaty · 1874
Works and ideas 4
- 136 Austria · discovery · 1874
- 139 Juewa · discovery · 1874
- 140 Siwa · discovery · 1874
- 135 Hertha · discovery · 1874
What ended in 1874
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 3
- First Spanish Republic · state · 1873 – 1874
- Kingdom of Fiji · state · 1871 – 1874
- Fante Confederacy · state · 1868 – 1874
Wars and battles 2
- Second Aceh Expedition · battle · 1873 – 1874
- Six Years' War · war · 1868 – 1874
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Cantonal Rebellion · unrest · 1873 – 1874
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1874 69
- Winston Churchill · politician · 1874 – 1965
- Herbert Hoover · statesperson · 1874 – 1964
- Guglielmo Marconi · inventor · 1874 – 1937
- Robert Frost · poet · 1874 – 1963
- G. K. Chesterton · philosopher · 1874 – 1936
- W. Somerset Maugham · physician · 1874 – 1965
- Johannes Stark · physicist · 1874 – 1957
- Arnold Schoenberg · composer · 1874 – 1951
- Gertrude Stein · poet · 1874 – 1946
- Alexander Kolchak · explorer · 1874 – 1920
- Nikolai Berdyaev · philosopher · 1874 – 1948
- Nicholas Roerich · explorer · 1874 – 1947
- Chaim Weizmann · chemist · 1874 – 1952
- Luigi Einaudi · politician · 1874 – 1961
- Konstantin Päts · head of state · 1874 – 1956
- Antanas Smetona · politician · 1874 – 1944
and 53 more in the atlas.
Died in 1874 15
- Millard Fillmore · statesperson · 1800 – 1874
- François Guizot · politician · 1787 – 1874
- Charles Sumner · politician · 1811 – 1874
- Josiah Warren · inventor · 1798 – 1874
- Cochise · military leader · 1812 – 1874
- Sylvain Van de Weyer · politician · 1802 – 1874
- Adolfo Ballivián · politician · 1831 – 1874
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg · politician · 1794 – 1874
- Abraham Firkovich · writer · 1787 – 1874
- Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi · politician · 1812 – 1874
- Franklin Buchanan · military officer · 1800 – 1874
- Alexander von Lüders · military personnel · 1790 – 1874
- Pedro Antonio Pimentel · ruler · 1830 – 1874
- Pamfil Yurkevich · philosopher · 1826 – 1874
- Sidkeong Namgyal · politician · 1819 – 1874
Standing in 1874
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe94 states
- France · 481 – present · Patrice de MacMahon, President of the French Republic since 1873
- Spain · 1516 – present · Alfonso XII, Monarch of Spain since 1874
- Switzerland · 1848 – present · Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1848 and Josef Martin Knüsel, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1855
- Belgium · 1830 – present · Leopold II of Belgium, King of the Belgians since 1865
- Sweden · 900 – present · Oscar II, Monarch of Sweden since 1872
- Denmark · 800 – present · Christian IX, Monarch of Denmark since 1863
- Luxembourg · 1815 – present · William III of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg since 1849
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Josep Caixal i Estradé, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1852 and Patrice de MacMahon, French co-prince of Andorra since 1873
- Monaco · 1297 – present · Charles III of Monaco, Prince of Monaco since 1856
- Liechtenstein · 1806 – present · Johann II of Liechtenstein, Prince of Lichtenstein since 1858
and 84 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa59 states
- Morocco · 1549 – present
- Qatar · 1870 – present · Mohammed bin Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar since 1851
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Abdulaziz, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1861
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Yohannes IV, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1871
- Qajar dynasty · 1785 – 1925 · Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, shah since 1848
- Khanate of Khiva · 1511 – 1920
- French Algeria · 1832 – 1962
- Khedivate of Egypt · 1867 – 1914 · Isma'il Pasha of Egypt, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan since 1863
- Sokoto Caliphate · 1804 – 1903
and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa46 states
- Liberia · 1822 – present · Joseph Jenkins Roberts, President of Liberia since 1872
- Dahomey · 1600 – 1894
- Orange Free State · 1854 – 1902
- South African Republic · 1852 – 1902 · Thomas François Burgers, President of the South African Republic since 1872
- Kingdom of Kongo · 1395 – 1888 · Pedro V of Kongo, Manikongo since 1859
- Sultanate of Zanzibar · 1861 – 1890 · Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Sultan of Zanzibar since 1870
- Asante Empire · 1670 – 1902
- Cape Colony · 1795 – 1910 · Queen Victoria, King/Queen since 1837
- Gold Coast · 1821 – 1957 · Queen Victoria, Monarch since 1837
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897
and 36 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia155 states
- British Raj · 1858 – 1947
- Khanate of Kokand · 1709 – 1876 · Muhammad Khudayar Khan, khan since 1845
- Kingdom of Mysore · 1399 – 1950 · Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, Maharaja of Mysore since 1868
- Emirate of Bukhara · 1785 – 1920 · Muzaffar bin Nasrullah, Amir since 1860
- Hyderabad State · 1724 – 1948 · Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1869
- Emirate of Afghanistan · 1823 – 1926
- French India · 1668 – 1954
- Travancore · 1729 – 1949 · Ayilyam Thirunal, Maharaja of Travancore since 1860
- Kingdom of Nepal · 1768 – 2008 · Surendra Bikram Shah, King of Nepal since 1847
- Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) · 1846 – 1947 · Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, Raja since 1856
and 145 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia62 states
- Brunei · 1368 – present · Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam since 1852
- Qing dynasty · 1616 – 1912 · Tongzhi Emperor, Emperor of China since 1861
- Empire of Japan · 1868 – 1947 · Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan since 1867
- Chiang Mai · 1775 – 1884 · Inthawichayanon, Prince of Chiang Mai since 1870
- Dutch East Indies · 1800 – 1949
- Joseon · 1392 – 1897 · Gojong of Korea, king of Joseon Dynasty since 1863
- Kelantan · 1762 – 1904
- Negeri Sembilan · 1775 – 1894 · Antah of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar since 1869
- Perlis · 1842 – 1910 · Syed Ahmad ibni Syed Hussain Jamalullail, King of Perlis since 1873
- Ryukyu Kingdom · 1429 – 1879
and 52 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania36 states
- United States · 1776 – present · Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States since 1869
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico since 1872
- Canada · 1867 – present · Queen Victoria, monarch of Canada since 1867
- Chile · 1810 – present · Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, President of Chile since 1871
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina since 1868 and Nicolás Avellaneda, President of Argentina since 1874
- Colombia · 1810 – present · Manuel Murillo Toro, President of Colombia since 1872 and Santiago Pérez de Manosalbas, President of Colombia since 1874
- New Zealand · 1841 – present
- Peru · 1822 – present · Manuel Pardo, President of Peru since 1872
- Uruguay · 1825 – present · José Eugenio Ellauri, President of Uruguay since 1873
- Ecuador · 1830 – present · Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador since 1869
and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown23 states
- Kuba Kingdom · 1625 – 1900
- Unfederated Malay States · 1826 – 1946
- Wituland · 1858 – 1890
- Kingdom of Kakongo · 1500 – 1885
- Ngoyo · 1500 – 1885
- Imamate of Futa Jallon · 1725 – 1912
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Yeke Kingdom · 1856 – 1891 · M'siri, | since 1856
- Gaekwad dynasty · 1721 – 1947
- Kazembe · 1740 – 1899
and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1849 – 1899: every state, war and life of 1874 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1874: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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