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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves   

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 in the year 1774.   

Jun 23   In the year 1774 matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)   

Jul 01   Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 in the year 1774.   

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   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 in the year 1774.   

Jul 17   In the year 1774 capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

Jul 21   On this day in history peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War)   

Jul 31   In the year 1774 joseph Priestley discovers oxygen   

Aug 01   Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 18   Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) in the year 1774.   

Aug 25   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1774.   

Sep 15   Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured in the year 1774.   

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

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.   

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

Feb 24   In the year 1774 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   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   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 in the year 1774.   

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

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