Historical Events In 1774

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

Jan 21   In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56  

Jan 24   In the year 1774 karl Moser, composer  

Jan 30   In the year 1774 capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record)  

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

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

Feb 10   In the year 1774 andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit  

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1774 english Parliament passes Boston Port Bill  

Mar 28   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts in the year 1774.  

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

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

Apr 23   On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

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

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

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

May 10   Louis XVI ascends the throne of France on this day in history.  

May 10   Louis XVI ascends to throne of France on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born in the year 1774.  

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer  

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

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

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   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 on this day in history.