Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) in the year 1774.  

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies on this day in history.  

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

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer in the year 1774.  

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 in the year 1774.  

Oct 14   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)  

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

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   Adolfs Muller, writer in the year 1774.  

Oct 20   In the year 1774 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   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia  

Oct 26   On this day in history the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

Nov 14   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 15   In the year 1774 william Horsley, composer  

Dec 02   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 in the year 1774.  

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

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

Dec 13   On this day in history first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH  

Dec 13   On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50  

Dec 14   Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary on this day in history.  

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   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer  

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

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

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 24   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 04   On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

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 in the year 1774.