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) on this day in history.   

May 28   On this day in history the first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

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

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

Jun 02   England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes in the year 1774.   

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   In the year 1774 formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.   

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

Jun 22   In the year 1774 english parliament accepts Quebec Act   

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

Jul 01   On this day in history henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68   

Jul 04   On this day in history orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts   

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

Jul 11   On this day in history sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer   

Jul 12   Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

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   Priestly discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

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

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) in the year 1774.   

Aug 25   In the year 1774 nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59   

Aug 28   On this day in history elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)   

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   In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.   

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   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   In the year 1774 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   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   In the year 1774 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   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history.   

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