Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   In the year 1774 joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)  

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

Sep 26   On this day in history john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman  

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer on this day in history.  

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   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   Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.  

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment in the year 1774.  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on this day in history.  

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

Dec 14   On this day in history mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary  

Dec 16   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia in the year 1774.  

Dec 18   On this day in history jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa  

Dec 20   In the year 1774 guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer  

Dec 30   In the year 1774 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   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17   On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  

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   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.  

Apr 04   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)  

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64