Famous Personalities Born In 1774

Jan 01 André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born in the year 1774.  

Jan 24 In the year 1774 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

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

Mar 20 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)  

Apr 28 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse was born on this day in history.  

May 07 William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833) was born in the year 1774.  

May 27 On this day in history 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 In the year 1774 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 In the year 1774 birth of auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)  

Aug 12 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on this day in history.  

Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) was born in the year 1774.  

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

Sep 08 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet was born in the year 1774.  

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 On this day in history 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 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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

Nov 18 Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 24 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857) was born in the year 1774.  

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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 in the year 1774.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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