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 in the year 1774.

Feb 11 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born in the year 1774.

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange

Feb 16 Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.

Feb 17 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on this day in history.

Feb 24 Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born in the year 1774.

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

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

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

Apr 17 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer

Apr 21 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) was born in the year 1774.

Apr 26 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born in the year 1774.

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 on this day in history.

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 On this day in history birth of daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)

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 Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852) was born in the year 1774.

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 on this day in history.

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 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) was born in the year 1774.

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 Adolfs Muller, writer was born in the year 1774.

Nov 14 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer was born on this day in history.

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 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.

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

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 On this day in history 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 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 In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64