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   Karl Moser, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 10   On this day in history andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit  

Feb 10   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer on this day in history.  

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   First sighting of Orion nebula in the year 1774.  

Mar 05   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 07   On this day in history british close port of Boston to all commerce  

Mar 16   Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) on this day in history.  

Mar 20   John Braham, composer in the year 1774.  

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

Mar 25   On this day in history english Parliament passes Boston Port Bill  

Mar 28   On this day in history 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   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.  

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

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

May 20   Britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio in the year 1774.  

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

May 23   Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) in the year 1774.  

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

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer  

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   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer  

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 24   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

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

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