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   Karl Moser, composer in the year 1774.  

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) in the year 1774.  

Jan 30   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 10   On this day in history andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit  

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 22   On this day in history english House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright  

Mar 04   In the year 1774 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)  

Mar 04   First sighting of Orion nebula in the year 1774.  

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

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   On this day in history john Braham, composer  

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

Mar 25   On this day in history english Parliament passes Boston Port Bill  

Mar 28   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts in the year 1774.  

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

Apr 17   On this day in history vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer  

Apr 19   On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris  

Apr 21   In the year 1774 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)  

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

Apr 28   Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse in the year 1774.  

Apr 30   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee on this day in history.  

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

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

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XVI ascends to throne of France  

May 20   On this day in history britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio  

May 20   On this day in history britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio  

May 23   Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) on this day in history.  

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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   In the year 1774 birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)  

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.