Famous Personalities Born In 1774

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

Mar 05 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Mar 16 In the year 1774 birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

Mar 20 In the year 1774 birth of john Braham, composer  

Apr 17 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer was born in the year 1774.  

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

Apr 26 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

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

May 07 William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.  

May 27 In the year 1774 birth of francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)  

Jun 02 William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 23 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) was born in the year 1774.  

Jun 24 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838) was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1774 birth of meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)  

Aug 28 In the year 1774 birth of elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)  

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

Sep 17 In the year 1774 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 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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

Oct 18 In the year 1774 birth of adolfs Muller, writer  

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

Nov 15 On this day in history 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 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 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.  

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

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

Apr 23 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.  

May 04 On this day in history 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.