Historical Events In 1774

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

Jan 21   In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56  

Jan 24   On this day in history karl Moser, composer  

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) in the year 1774.  

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

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

Feb 10   In the year 1774 andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit  

Feb 10   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

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

Feb 16   In the year 1774 pierre Rode, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

Mar 07   In the year 1774 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 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 21   Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) in the year 1774.  

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1774.  

May 20   In the year 1774 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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

Apr 23   In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.