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   In the year 1774 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   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   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

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

Feb 16   In the year 1774 pierre Rode, composer  

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) in the year 1774.  

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright in the year 1774.  

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

Mar 04   In the year 1774 first sighting of Orion nebula  

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

Mar 07   British close port of Boston to all commerce in the year 1774.  

Mar 16   Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) in the year 1774.  

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   On this day in history britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts  

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

Apr 17   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer in the year 1774.  

Apr 19   CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 28   In the year 1774 francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse  

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   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   Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio on this day in history.  

May 23   On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)  

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   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   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   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.  

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

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

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.  

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.