Page 2: 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) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 01   On this day in history british govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1774 giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83   

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

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 in the year 1774.   

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   On this day in history joseph Priestley discovers oxygen   

Aug 01   On this day in history joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

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   In the year 1774 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing   

Aug 12   Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson in the year 1774.   

Aug 18   In the year 1774 meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)   

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   1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia in the year 1774.   

Sep 05   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer   

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 in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 24   On this day in history birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)   

Mar 05   On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774.   

Jan 30   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

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

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.   

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

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