Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog in the year 1774.   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history karl Moser, composer   

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

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

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

Feb 10   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit in the year 1774.   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.   

Feb 15   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) on this day in history.   

Mar 04   First sighting of Orion nebula on this day in history.   

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

Mar 07   In the year 1774 british close port of Boston to all commerce   

Mar 16   On this day in history matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)   

Mar 20   On this day in history john Braham, composer   

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

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   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.   

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

Apr 19   In the year 1774 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   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee in the year 1774.   

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

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

May 10   Louis XVI ascends to throne of France in the year 1774.   

May 20   On this day in history britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio   

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

May 23   In the year 1774 chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)   

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

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

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1774 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)   

Feb 10   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history.   

May 10   On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64