Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) on this day in history.  

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies in the year 1774.  

Sep 26   In the year 1774 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman  

Oct 07   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 in the year 1774.  

Oct 14   1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila) on this day in history.  

Oct 14   First Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila) in the year 1774.  

Oct 14   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies  

Oct 18   On this day in history adolfs Muller, writer  

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment on this day in history.  

Oct 21   In the year 1774 first display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.  

Oct 26   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia  

Oct 26   The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1774 gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer  

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 02   In the year 1774 johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54  

Dec 06   Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education in the year 1774.  

Dec 13   In the year 1774 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH  

Dec 13   On this day in history first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH  

Dec 13   On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50  

Dec 14   In the year 1774 mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary  

Dec 16   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia in the year 1774.  

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer  

Dec 30   In the year 1774 pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]  

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

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 15   In the year 1774 birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

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

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

Feb 24   In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

Mar 05   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 04   On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.  

Apr 04   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

Apr 23   In the year 1774 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   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64