Timeline June 1874

Events in June 1874 2

• 1814 – 1874 Anders Jonas Angstrom (1814-1874) Died 21 June 1874, aged 59 Angstrom was a Swedish physicist and a founder of the science of spectroscopy. His precise measurements of the solar spectrum used a unit of length later named the angstrom in his honor. He also produced an early atlas of the solar spectrum.
• 1874 Battle of Adobe Walls Comanche and allied warriors attack a Texas buffalo hunters' outpost A large force of Comanche, Kiowa and Cheyenne warriors led by Quanah Parker attacked a trading post of buffalo hunters in the Texas Panhandle. The hunters, armed with long-range rifles, repelled the attack despite being heavily outnumbered. The battle helped trigger the Red River War, the US Army's campaign to force the southern Plains tribes onto reservations.