Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 30   On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 22   On this day in history 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   A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Apr 28   Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1774 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   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   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer  

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

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

Feb 16   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer  

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   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1774.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history.  

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.