Aston Villa was formed by members of a cricket club from the Villa Cross Methodist chapel in the Handsworth district of Birmingham, who wanted a sport to play through the winter. Early leaders such as Jack Hughes and William McGregor helped to shape the club, and McGregor went on to propose the creation of the Football League in 1888, of which Villa became a founder member. The club won the league championship many times in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. It later became the first English side of its era to win the European Cup, in 1982, and plays at Villa Park.
Before and after
- 25 April 1874Birth of Guglielmo Marconi
- May 1874Japanese invasion of Taiwan
- 10 August 1874Birth of Herbert Hoover
- 13 September 1874Birth of Arnold Schoenberg
- 21 November 1874Founding of Aston Villa F.C.
- 30 November 1874Birth of Winston Churchill
- 1875Founding of Blackburn Rovers F.C.
- 1875Construction of Sacré-Cœur
- 1875Founding of Bombay Stock Exchange
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The era
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