Historical Events In 1774

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

Sep 22   On this day in history clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies  

Sep 26   In the year 1774 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman  

Oct 07   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

Oct 13   On this day in history willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69  

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

Oct 14   In the year 1774 first Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila)  

Oct 14   In the year 1774 hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician  

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies in the year 1774.  

Oct 18   In the year 1774 adolfs Muller, writer  

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

Oct 21   On this day in history 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.  

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

Oct 26   In the year 1774 the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

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

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer in the year 1774.  

Dec 02   In the year 1774 johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54  

Dec 06   On this day in history austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education  

Dec 13   In the year 1774 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH  

Dec 13   In the year 1774 first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH  

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   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 in the year 1774.  

Dec 18   In the year 1774 empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia  

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   On this day in history pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]  

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Jan 01   In the year 1774 birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)  

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer  

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)  

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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

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   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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1774.  

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 on this day in history.  

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history.  

May 10   On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64