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 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   On this day in history karl Moser, composer  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1774 captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)  

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

Feb 10   In the year 1774 andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit  

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

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

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   On this day in history english House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright  

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

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

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) in the year 1774.  

Mar 20   John Braham, composer in the year 1774.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 17   On this day in history 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   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) in the year 1774.  

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

Apr 28   In the year 1774 francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse  

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   Louis XVI ascends the throne of France in the year 1774.  

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

May 20   Britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1774.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1774.  

Feb 04   On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died in the year 1774.  

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