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   In the year 1774 ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 14   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician on this day in history.  

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.  

Oct 20   In the year 1774 continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment  

Oct 21   In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.  

Oct 26   The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1774 gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer  

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 02   On this day in history johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54  

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

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

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH in the year 1774.  

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

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   On this day in history empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia  

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   In the year 1774 pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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 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   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

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

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64