Famous Birthdays In 1774

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

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 In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer  

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 in the year 1774.  

Mar 16 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) was born in the year 1774.  

Mar 20 John Braham, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Apr 17 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 21 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 26 In the year 1774 birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)  

Apr 28 On this day in history birth of francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse  

May 07 On this day in history birth of william Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)  

May 27 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 02 On this day in history birth of william Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)  

Jun 21 Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 23 On this day in history birth of matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)  

Jun 24 On this day in history birth of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)  

Jul 20 On this day in history birth of auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)  

Aug 12 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born in the year 1774.  

Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 28 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) was born in the year 1774.  

Sep 08 On this day in history birth of anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet  

Sep 17 On this day in history birth of joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)  

Sep 26 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman was born on this day in history.  

Oct 07 In the year 1774 birth of ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

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

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of adolfs Muller, writer  

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

Nov 15 In the year 1774 birth of william Horsley, composer  

Nov 18 In the year 1774 birth of wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)  

Nov 24 In the year 1774 birth of thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)  

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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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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