Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   In the year 1774 messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog  

Jan 21   In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56  

Jan 24   In the year 1774 karl Moser, composer  

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

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 in the year 1774.  

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

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

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

Feb 16   On this day in history pierre Rode, composer  

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

Feb 22   In the year 1774 english House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright  

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

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

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

Mar 07   In the year 1774 british close port of Boston to all commerce  

Mar 16   In the year 1774 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   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.  

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

Apr 19   CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris in the year 1774.  

Apr 21   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) in the year 1774.  

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   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee in the year 1774.  

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

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

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

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

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   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer  

Feb 17   In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.  

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 in the year 1774.