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   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   1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila) on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1774 adolfs Muller, writer  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 14   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer  

Nov 15   In the year 1774 william Horsley, composer  

Dec 02   In the year 1774 johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1774.  

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

Dec 18   In the year 1774 jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa  

Dec 20   In the year 1774 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

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

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 in the year 1774.