Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   On this day in history messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog   

Jan 21   On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

Jan 24   On this day in history karl Moser, composer   

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) in the year 1774.   

Jan 30   On this day in history captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)   

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit in the year 1774.   

Feb 10   On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

Feb 15   On this day in history w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   On this day in history pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   In the year 1774 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright on this day in history.   

Mar 04   On this day in history 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)   

Mar 04   First sighting of Orion nebula on this day in history.   

Mar 05   In the year 1774 christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

Mar 07   British close port of Boston to all commerce on this day in history.   

Mar 16   On this day in history matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)   

Mar 20   John Braham, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1774 a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.   

Mar 25   English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.   

Apr 17   In the year 1774 vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer   

Apr 19   CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Apr 21   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) on this day in history.   

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 28   In the year 1774 francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse   

Apr 30   On this day in history pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee   

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64   

May 10   On this day in history louis XVI ascends the throne of France   

May 10   Louis XVI ascends to throne of France in the year 1774.   

May 20   Britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio in the year 1774.   

May 20   In the year 1774 britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio   

May 23   On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1774 birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.   

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 05   In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

Jan 21   On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

Jan 30   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 04   In the year 1774 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)   

Feb 10   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.   

Apr 23   In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

May 04   In the year 1774 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

May 10   On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64