Editing 1874 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 15]]–[[May 15]] &ndash; A group of young painters, ''Société Anonyme Coopérative des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Graveurs'', gives their first exhibition, at the studio of the photographer [[Nadar (photographer)|Nadar]] in Paris. [[Louis Leroy]]'s critical review of it published on [[25 April]] gives rise to the term [[Impressionism]] for the movement, with reference to [[Claude Monet]]'s ''[[Impression, Sunrise]]''.
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Third Carlist War]]: The siege of Bilbao is lifted.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; The first commercial horse-drawn carriage debuts in the city of [[Mumbai|Bombay]], plying two routes.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; First admission charge at a football game: [[Harvard]] beats [[University of McGill]] (Montreal) 3–0.
* [[May 16]] – The [[Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)|Mill River]] dam collapses in [[Massachusetts]], killing 139 people.
* [[May 22]] &ndash; Verdi's [[Requiem (Verdi)|Requiem]] is first performed at [[San Marco, Milan|San Marco]] in Milan on 22 May 1874, the first anniversary of [[Alessandro Manzoni|Manzoni]]'s death.<ref>[http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/visInglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=3648&IDSezione=25716 ''Messa da Requiem''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000140/http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/visInglese/page.asp?IDCategoria=3648&IDSezione=25716 |date=2013-12-31 }}, on giuseppeverdi.it. Retrieved 29 December 2013</ref>
* [[May 23]] &ndash; Passenger ship ''British Admiral'', on a voyage from [[Liverpool]] (England) to [[Melbourne]] (Australia), sinks after hitting rocks off [[King Island (Tasmania)]]; only nine of the 88 passengers and crew are rescued.<ref>{{cite news|date=6 June 1874|title=Wreck of the ship British Admiral|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70475115|work=Australian Town and Country Journal|location=Sydney, New South Wales|page=34|access-date=2019-12-31}}</ref>
* [[May 27]] &ndash; The first group of [[Dorsland Trek]]kers, a series of expeditions by ''[[Trekboer]]e'' in search of political independence and better farming conditions, departs South Africa to settle in [[Angola]], led by [[Gert Alberts]].<ref>[https://www.geni.com/people/Kmdt-Gert-Andries-Jacobus-Alberts-b1c5d3e1/6000000013007521716 Geni: Kmdt. Gert Andries Jacobus Alberts, b1c5d3e1] (Accessed on 17 April 2017)</ref>
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Michel Domingue]] becomes head of state of [[Haiti]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Andrew Taylor Still]] starts the movement for [[osteopathic medicine in the United States]] at [[Kirksville, Missouri]].
* [[June 25]]–[[June 27|27]] &ndash; [[Third Carlist War]]: Battle of Monte Muro &ndash; [[Carlism|Carlist]] forces entrenched around [[Abárzuza]], on the approach to [[Estella-Lizarra|Estella]] in [[Navarre]], repel an attack by Isabelino/Liberal (supporters of Queen Isabella II) troops led by General [[Manuel Gutiérrez de la Concha]], Marqués del Duero, who is killed on the third day of fighting.