Famous Personalities Born In 1774

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)  

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer  

Feb 11 On this day in history birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)  

Feb 15 W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 17 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 24 In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

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 On this day in history birth of john Braham, composer  

Apr 17 In the year 1774 birth of vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer  

Apr 21 In the year 1774 birth of jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)  

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

Apr 28 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse was born in the year 1774.  

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

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

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

Jun 24 In the year 1774 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 On this day in history birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson  

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 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 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 18 Adolfs Muller, writer was born in the year 1774.  

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

Nov 15 William Horsley, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 18 On this day in history birth of wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)  

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

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Jan 21 On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56  

Jan 30 In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

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 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 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.