Page 2: 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) on this day in history.   

May 28   The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 01   In the year 1774 british govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 02   In the year 1774 england passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes   

Jun 11   Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 16   Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky on this day in history.   

Jun 21   In the year 1774 daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)   

Jun 22   English parliament accepts Quebec Act on this day in history.   

Jun 23   In the year 1774 matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)   

Jul 01   On this day in history henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68   

Jul 04   Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts in the year 1774.   

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

Jul 11   In the year 1774 sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer   

Jul 12   Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence in the year 1774.   

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

Jul 17   Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on this day in history.   

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 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) in the year 1774.   

Aug 25   In the year 1774 nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59   

Aug 28   Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) in the year 1774.   

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

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

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   In the year 1774 birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)   

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

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

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   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 in the year 1774.   

May 04   In the year 1774 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64