Historical Events In 1774

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

Jan 21   On this day in history 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) in the year 1774.   

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

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 in the year 1774.   

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

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

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 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1774 matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)   

Mar 20   John Braham, composer on this day in history.   

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

Mar 25   English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill on this day in history.   

Mar 28   In the year 1774 britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts   

Apr 04   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

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

Apr 19   In the year 1774 cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris   

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

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   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1774.   

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

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

May 23   In the year 1774 chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

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   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born in the year 1774.   

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   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774.   

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1774 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   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

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

May 04   On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64