Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   On this day in history joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)   

Sep 22   In the year 1774 clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies   

Sep 26   On this day in history john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman   

Oct 07   In the year 1774 ferdinando Orlandi, composer   

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 in the year 1774.   

Oct 14   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   In the year 1774 first Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   On this day in history hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician   

Oct 16   In the year 1774 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.   

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment in the year 1774.   

Oct 21   In the year 1774 first display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.   

Oct 26   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia   

Oct 26   The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the year 1774.   

Nov 14   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 15   In the year 1774 william Horsley, composer   

Dec 02   On this day in history johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54   

Dec 06   Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education on this day in history.   

Dec 13   1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   In the year 1774 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

Dec 14   On this day in history mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary   

Dec 16   In the year 1774 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

Dec 18   In the year 1774 empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia   

Dec 18   In the year 1774 jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa   

Dec 20   In the year 1774 guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer   

Dec 30   In the year 1774 pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

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   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.   

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

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

Apr 23   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64