Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   In the year 1774 messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog  

Jan 21   On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56  

Jan 24   On this day in history 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   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 15   On this day in history w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

Mar 04   In the year 1774 first sighting of Orion nebula  

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   On this day in history matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

Mar 20   John Braham, composer in the year 1774.  

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   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   On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio  

May 20   In the year 1774 britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio  

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   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   On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

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   In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

Mar 05   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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

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 in the year 1774.  

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

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