Historical Events In 1774

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

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

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

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 22   On this day in history english House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright   

Mar 04   1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1774 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 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 in the year 1774.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1774 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   In the year 1774 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)   

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   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   On this day in history louis XVI ascends the throne of France   

May 10   On this day in history louis XVI ascends to throne of France   

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

May 20   On this day in history britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio   

May 23   On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)   

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

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

Apr 23   On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

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

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