Page 2: Historical Events In 1754

Jun 22   Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Anthony Henday, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, leaves York Factory with a party of Plains Cree returning to the interior; returns June 23, 1755, having traveled as far west as present-day Red Deer, Alberta in the year 1754.   

Jul 03   On this day in history george Washington surrenders to French, Ft Necessity (7 Years' War)   

Jul 04   George Washington gives Ft Necessity to France on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Kings College in NYC opens (renamed Columbia College) on this day in history.   

Jul 11   The birth of Thomas Bowdler, British censor on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare on this day in history.   

Aug 02   Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC on this day in history.   

Aug 23   In the year 1754 louis XVI, Versailles, king of France (1774-93) eventually guillotined   

Aug 28   Peter Winter, composer in the year 1754.   

Sep 09   William Bligh, nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty) on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1754 tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief   

Oct 08   In the year 1754 henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47   

Nov 09   Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1754.   

Nov 12   In the year 1754 jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58   

Nov 26   In the year 1754 georg Forster, writer   

Dec 07   On this day in history jack Jouett, American patriot   

Dec 09   In the year 1754 etienne Ozi, composer   

Dec 14   In the year 1754 mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58   

Dec 24   George Crabbe, Aldeburgh England, poet (Everlasting Mercy) on this day in history.   

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Jan 15   Richard Martin, Irish animal rights activist (d. 1834) was born in the year 1754.   

Jan 24   Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (d. 1820) was born in the year 1754.   

Jan 29   In the year 1754 birth of moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (d. 1806)   

Jan 30   In the year 1754 birth of john Lansing, Jr., American statesman (d. 1829)   

Feb 13   Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French politician (d. 1838) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history birth of jan Jachym Kopriva, composer   

Feb 17   On this day in history birth of nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)   

Feb 19   In the year 1754 birth of vincenzo Monti, Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier)   

Jan 10   On this day in history daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51   

Jan 28   On this day in history ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

Feb 05   On this day in history nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75   

Feb 16   Richard Mead, physician, dies in the year 1754.   

Mar 06   On this day in history henry Pelham, English premier (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57   

Mar 08   On this day in history don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies   

Mar 23   In the year 1754 death of johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)   

Apr 02   On this day in history death of thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)