Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

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

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

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

Jun 01   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1774.   

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   In the year 1774 formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.   

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

Jun 22   In the year 1774 english parliament accepts Quebec Act   

Jun 23   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

Jul 21   Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) in the year 1774.   

Jul 31   Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

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

Aug 01   Priestly discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

Aug 06   In the year 1774 founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY   

Aug 10   1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

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

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

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   On this day in history cossack Emilian Pugachev captured   

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 24   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 05   In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

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   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

Apr 04   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

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 on this day in history.   

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