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   Karl Moser, composer in the year 1774.   

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1774 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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1774.   

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

Mar 05   On this day in history christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

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   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 in the year 1774.   

Apr 17   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer in the year 1774.   

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

Apr 21   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 30   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee in the year 1774.   

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1774 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   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.   

Feb 10   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.