Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

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

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   On this day in history boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed   

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   Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army in the year 1774.   

Jun 13   On this day in history rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves   

Jun 13   Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history english parliament accepts Quebec Act   

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

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   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history priestly discovers oxygen   

Aug 06   Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 05   The first Continental Congress of what would later become the USA, convenes in Philadelphia, PA on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 1774 cossack Emilian Pugachev captured   

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born in the year 1774.   

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

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   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1774.   

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

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

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

May 10   On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64