Historical Events In 1774

May 27   On this day in history francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)  

May 28   1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on this day in history.  

May 28   The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) in the year 1774.  

Jun 01   In the year 1774 boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed  

Jun 01   British govt orders Port of Boston closed in the year 1774.  

Jun 02   England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes on this day in history.  

Jun 11   On this day in history jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army  

Jun 13   In the year 1774 rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves  

Jun 13   Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves in the year 1774.  

Jun 16   On this day in history formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.  

Jun 21   Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) in the year 1774.  

Jun 22   On this day in history english parliament accepts Quebec Act  

Jun 23   On this day in history matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)  

Jul 01   In the year 1774 henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68  

Jul 04   On this day in history orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts  

Jul 07   Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1774.  

Jul 11   Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer in the year 1774.  

Jul 12   In the year 1774 citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence  

Jul 12   Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence on this day in history.  

Jul 17   In the year 1774 capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)  

Jul 21   In the year 1774 peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War)  

Jul 31   On this day in history joseph Priestley discovers oxygen  

Aug 01   Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time in the year 1774.  

Aug 01   Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.  

Aug 06   Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY in the year 1774.  

Aug 10   1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing on this day in history.  

Aug 12   Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Aug 28   On this day in history elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)  

Sep 05   1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia on this day in history.  

Sep 05   The first Continental Congress of what would later become the USA, convenes in Philadelphia, PA in the year 1774.  

Sep 08   On this day in history anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet  

Sep 15   In the year 1774 cossack Emilian Pugachev captured  

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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   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer  

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

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 in the year 1774.  

Feb 04   In the year 1774 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

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   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.