Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 26   In the year 1774 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   1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila) in the year 1774.  

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

Oct 14   In the year 1774 hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician  

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

Oct 18   On this day in history adolfs Muller, writer  

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1774.  

Dec 13   In the year 1774 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50  

Dec 14   Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary in the year 1774.  

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   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] in the year 1774.  

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer  

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

Feb 24   In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

Mar 05   On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774.  

Jan 30   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 04   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

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.