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   In the year 1774 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman  

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer in the year 1774.  

Oct 13   In the year 1774 willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69  

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

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

Oct 14   On this day in history hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician  

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

Oct 18   On this day in history adolfs Muller, writer  

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment in the year 1774.  

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   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia  

Oct 26   On this day in history the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

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

Nov 15   In the year 1774 william Horsley, composer  

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   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   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 in the year 1774.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   In the year 1774 birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer  

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 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   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Feb 04   On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

Feb 10   On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 04   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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.