Editing 1874 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; New York City annexes [[The Bronx]].
* [[January 2]] &ndash; [[Ignacio María González (politician)|Ignacio María González]] becomes head of state of the [[Dominican Republic]] for the first time.
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Third Carlist War]]: [[Third Carlist War|Battle of Caspe]] &ndash; Campaigning on the Ebro in Aragon for the Spanish Republican Government, Colonel Eulogio Despujol surprises a Carlist force under Manuel Marco de Bello at Caspe, northeast of Alcañiz. In a brilliant action the Carlists are routed, losing 200 prisoners and 80 horses, while Despujol is promoted to Brigadier and becomes Conde de Caspe.
* [[January 20]] &ndash; The [[Pangkor Treaty]] (also known as the Pangkor Engagement), by which the British extend their control over first the Sultanate of [[Perak]], and later the other independent Malay States, is signed.
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh]], second son of [[Queen Victoria]], marries [[Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Panton|first=James|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |year=2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8|page=39 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA39 |language=en}}</ref> only daughter of Tsar [[Alexander III of Russia]], in the [[Grand Church of the Winter Palace]] in [[Saint Petersburg]].
* [[February 21]] &ndash; The ''[[Oakland Daily Tribune]]'' publishes its first issue in California.
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Walter Clopton Wingfield]] patents in Britain a game called "sphairistike", more commonly called [[lawn tennis]].
* [[February 24]]–[[February 25|25]] &ndash; [[Third Carlist War]]: First Battle of Somorrostro &ndash; Determined to raise the siege of Bilbao by the Pretender Don Carlos VII, Republican commander Marshal Francisco Serrano sends General Domingo Moriones with a relief force of 14,000 men. Carlists, under General Nicolás Ollo, entrenched at Somorrostro outside Bilbao, drive back a courageous assault by General Fernando Primo de Rivera and then the entire Republican army. The republicans lose 1,200 men, and Moriones loses his nerve, demanding reinforcements and a replacement for himself. Moriones's men entrench and wait.
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Third Carlist War]]: Battle of Castellfollit de la Roca &ndash; Appointed to command the Spanish Republican army in the north, General Ramón Nouvilas attempts to relieve the Carlist siege of Olot in Girona. But at Castellfollit de la Roca, in one of the Government's worst defeats, Nouvilas is routed by Carlist General [[Francesc Savalls]], and captured along with about 2,000 of his men. Olot capitulates two days later.
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[French Third Republic|France]] and [[Nguyễn dynasty|Viet Nam]] sign the [[Second Treaty of Saigon]], further recognizing the full sovereignty of France over [[Cochinchina]].
* [[March 18]] 
**Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States, granting exclusive trading rights.
**The [[Dresden English Football Club]] is founded, the first association football club on the European mainland.
* [[March 25]] &ndash; The Republic of [[Ecuador]] is consecrated to the [[Sacred Heart of Jesus]], carried out by President [[Gabriel García Moreno]] and supported, blessed and specified by Pope [[Pius IX]].
* [[March 25]]–[[March 27|27]] &ndash; [[Third Carlist War]]: Second Battle of Somorrostro &ndash; In a renewed attempt to raise the siege of Bilbao by Don Carlos VII, Republican commander Marshal Francisco Serrano himself arrives with 27,000 men and 70 cannons. However, in three days of fierce fighting, the Carlist General Joaquín Elío, with just 17,000 men, once again drives off the attack at nearby Somorrostro, and it is another six weeks before Serrano manages to relieve Bilbao.
* [[March]] &ndash; The Young Men's Hebrew Association in [[Manhattan]] (which will still be operating 150 years later as the [[92nd Street Y]]) is founded.