Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   In the year 1774 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   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   Captain Cook reaches 71� 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 10   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1774 pierre Rode, composer  

Feb 17   In the year 1774 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  

Feb 22   In the year 1774 english House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright  

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

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

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

Mar 07   British close port of Boston to all commerce in the year 1774.  

Mar 16   In the year 1774 matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

Mar 20   In the year 1774 john Braham, composer  

Mar 22   On this day in history a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.  

Mar 25   In the year 1774 english Parliament passes Boston Port Bill  

Mar 28   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 19   CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris in the year 1774.  

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

Apr 23   In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

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

Apr 30   In the year 1774 pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee  

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64  

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XVI ascends the throne of France  

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XVI ascends to throne of France  

May 20   On this day in history 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) in the year 1774.  

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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 on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1774 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   In the year 1774 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  

Feb 24   In the year 1774 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   In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56  

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1774.  

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.  

Apr 23   In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

May 04   In the year 1774 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