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Historical Events Happened In 1774

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

May 27 On this day in history francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)

May 28 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on this day in history.

May 28 On this day in history the first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)

Jun 01 Boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed on this day in history.

Jun 01 On this day in history british govt orders Port of Boston closed

Jun 02 On this day in history england passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes

Jun 11 Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army on this day in history.

Jun 13 On this day in history rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves

Jun 13 Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves on this day in history.

Jun 16 Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky on this day in history.

Jun 21 Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) on this day in history.

Jun 22 On this day in history english parliament accepts Quebec Act

Jun 23 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) on this day in history.

Jul 01 On this day in history henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68

Jul 04 Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts on this day in history.

Jul 07 Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.

Jul 11 Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer on this day in history.

Jul 12 Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence on this day in history.

Jul 12 On this day in history citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence

Jul 17 Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on this day in history.

Jul 21 Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) on this day in history.

Jul 31 Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen on this day in history.

Aug 01 On this day in history joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time

Aug 01 Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.

Aug 06 Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on this day in history.

Aug 10 On this day in history 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing

Aug 12 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson on this day in history.

Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) on this day in history.

Aug 25 Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.

Aug 28 On this day in history elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)

Sep 05 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia on this day in history.

Sep 05 The first Continental Congress of what would later become the USA, convenes in Philadelphia, PA on this day in history.

Sep 08 On this day in history anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet

Sep 15 Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In 1774

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 01 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)

Mar 05 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.

Famous Deaths In 1774

Famous People Died In This Year In History

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 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.

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

Apr 04 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.

Apr 23 On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies

May 04 On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)

May 10 Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.