Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies   

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman.   

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer.   

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69.   

Oct 14   1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician   

Oct 14   inaugural Continental Congress is inaugural to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer.   

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment.   

Oct 21   inaugural 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   1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia   

Oct 26   The inaugural Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

Nov 14   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer.   

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer.   

Dec 02   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54.   

Dec 06   Austria is recorded as becoming the inaugural nation to introduce state education.   

Dec 13   1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William and Mary, NH   

Dec 13   inaugural incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH   

Dec 13   Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50.   

Dec 14   Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William and Mary.   

Dec 16   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80.   

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia.   

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa.   

Dec 20   Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer.   

Dec 30   Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]   

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Jan 01   André marie constant duméril: French zoologist   

Jan 24   Karl moser: Composer   

Feb 11   Hans järta: Swedish political activist    

Feb 15   W g frederik: Prince of orange   

Feb 16   Pierre rode: Composer   

Feb 17   Raphaelle peale: Us, painter (after the rain-1823)   

Feb 24   Prince adolphus: 1st duke of cambridge   

Mar 05   Christoph ernst friedrich weyse: Composer   

Jan 21   Mustapha iii: Sultan of turkey (1957-74),   

Jan 30   Frantisek ignac antonin tuma: Composer,   

Feb 04   Charles marie de la condamine: French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)   

Feb 10   Florian leopold gassmann: Composer,    

Apr 04   Oliver goldsmith: Irish poet (she stoops to conquer),   

Apr 23   Christian wilhelm ernst dietrich: Painter,   

May 04   Anthony ulrich ii: Duke of brunswick-lüneburg (b. 1714)   

May 10   Louis xv: King of france (1715-74),