Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   On this day in history messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog  

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   In the year 1774 karl Moser, composer  

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)  

Jan 30   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 10   On this day in history andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit  

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

Feb 15   In the year 1774 w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

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

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

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright in the year 1774.  

Mar 04   1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) in the year 1774.  

Mar 04   First sighting of Orion nebula in the year 1774.  

Mar 05   In the year 1774 christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

Mar 07   On this day in history british close port of Boston to all commerce  

Mar 16   Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) on this day in history.  

Mar 20   In the year 1774 john Braham, composer  

Mar 22   A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep in the year 1774.  

Mar 25   English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill in the year 1774.  

Mar 28   In the year 1774 britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts  

Apr 04   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

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

Apr 19   On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris  

Apr 21   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)  

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

Apr 30   On this day in history pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee  

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

May 10   On this day in history louis XVI ascends the throne of France  

May 10   On this day in history louis XVI ascends to throne of France  

May 20   In the year 1774 britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio  

May 20   Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio in the year 1774.  

May 23   Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1774 birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)  

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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 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.