Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

May 27   Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) in the year 1774.   

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

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

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   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   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   On this day in history formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.   

Jun 21   Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) in the year 1774.   

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

Jun 23   Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) in the year 1774.   

Jul 01   In the year 1774 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   On this day in history capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

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

Aug 01   Priestly discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

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   On this day in history robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson   

Aug 18   Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   On this day in history nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59   

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   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   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   On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history 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   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1774.   

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

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

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   On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.