Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) on this day in history.  

Sep 22   In the year 1774 clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies  

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman in the year 1774.  

Oct 07   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Oct 14   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)  

Oct 14   On this day in history first Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila)  

Oct 14   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician in the year 1774.  

Oct 16   In the year 1774 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies  

Oct 18   On this day in history adolfs Muller, writer  

Oct 20   On this day in history continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment  

Oct 21   First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America in the year 1774.  

Oct 26   1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia on this day in history.  

Oct 26   The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.  

Nov 14   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer  

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer in the year 1774.  

Dec 02   On this day in history johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54  

Dec 06   In the year 1774 austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education  

Dec 13   On this day in history 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH  

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH in the year 1774.  

Dec 13   Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Dec 14   In the year 1774 mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary  

Dec 16   In the year 1774 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80  

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia on this day in history.  

Dec 18   In the year 1774 jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa  

Dec 20   Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 30   Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31] in the year 1774.  

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born in the year 1774.  

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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   On this day in history birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

Mar 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.  

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 on this day in history.  

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.