Historical Events In 1774

May 27   Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) on this day in history.  

May 28   1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) in the year 1774.  

May 28   In the year 1774 the first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)  

Jun 01   Boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed on this day in history.  

Jun 01   British govt orders Port of Boston closed on this day in history.  

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

Jun 11   In the year 1774 jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army  

Jun 13   Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves in the year 1774.  

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

Jun 16   Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky in the year 1774.  

Jun 21   On this day in history daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)  

Jun 22   English parliament accepts Quebec Act in the year 1774.  

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

Jul 01   Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 in the year 1774.  

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

Jul 07   On this day in history giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83  

Jul 11   Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 17   On this day in history capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)  

Jul 21   On this day in history peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War)  

Jul 31   Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01   In the year 1774 priestly discovers oxygen  

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 in the year 1774.  

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) in the year 1774.  

Aug 25   On this day in history nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59  

Aug 28   Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia  

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

Sep 08   Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet in the year 1774.  

Sep 15   In the year 1774 cossack Emilian Pugachev captured  

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Jan 01   In the year 1774 birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)  

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11   In the year 1774 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   Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 17   In the year 1774 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  

Feb 24   On this day in history 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   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   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.  

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history.  

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