Historical Events In 1774

May 27   In the year 1774 francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)  

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

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

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

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

Jun 02   On this day in history england passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes  

Jun 11   On this day in history 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   Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) on this day in history.  

Jun 22   In the year 1774 english parliament accepts Quebec Act  

Jun 23   Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) on this day in history.  

Jul 01   Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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   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   Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) in the year 1774.  

Jul 21   Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01   In the year 1774 joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time  

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   On this day in history 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing  

Aug 12   In the year 1774 robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson  

Aug 18   Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) in the year 1774.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured in the year 1774.  

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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   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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 04   On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.  

Apr 23   In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

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 in the year 1774.