Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 26   In the year 1774 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman   

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer in the year 1774.   

Oct 13   On this day in history willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69   

Oct 14   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   First Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

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

Nov 14   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer in the year 1774.   

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer in the year 1774.   

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

Dec 06   In the year 1774 austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education   

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

Dec 13   In the year 1774 first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH   

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   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia in the year 1774.   

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

Dec 20   Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer in the year 1774.   

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1774 birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)   

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born in the year 1774.   

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 24   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 05   On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died in the year 1774.   

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