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 in the year 1774.  

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

Oct 07   In the year 1774 ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer in the year 1774.  

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   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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.  

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

Dec 16   On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.  

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

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 17   In the year 1774 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  

Feb 24   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.  

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

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.  

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

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died in the year 1774.  

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.