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   In the year 1774 karl Moser, composer  

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

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

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

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright in the year 1774.  

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   In the year 1774 christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 22   On this day in history 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   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 19   CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris in the year 1774.  

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

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

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

May 20   On this day in history 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   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born in the year 1774.  

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1774 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   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 in the year 1774.  

May 10   On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64