Historical Events In 1774
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
Jan 11 Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog on this day in history.
Jan 21 In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56
Jan 24 Karl Moser, composer on this day in history.
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) on this day in history.
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 W G Frederik, prince of Orange in the year 1774.
Feb 16 Pierre Rode, composer on this day in history.
Feb 17 On this day in history raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)
Feb 22 English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Mar 07 On this day in history british close port of Boston to all commerce
Mar 16 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) on this day in history.
Mar 20 John Braham, composer in the year 1774.
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 on this day in history.
Apr 19 On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris
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 On this day in history francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse
Apr 30 In the year 1774 pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
May 10 Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.
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 Britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio in the year 1774.
May 20 Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio on this day in history.
May 23 Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) in the year 1774.
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