Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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) in the year 1774.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   On this day in history raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history first sighting of Orion nebula   

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

Mar 20   On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.   

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

Apr 19   CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   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   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

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

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

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 in the year 1774.   

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   In the year 1774 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.