Historical Events In 1774

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

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

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician  

Oct 16   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1774.  

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer in the year 1774.  

Dec 02   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Dec 06   Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education in the year 1774.  

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

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   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 in the year 1774.  

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

Feb 16   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   In the year 1774 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   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.  

Feb 10   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.  

Apr 23   In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

May 04   In the year 1774 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)  

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.