Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

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

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies in the year 1774.   

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman on this day in history.   

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer in the year 1774.   

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

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

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

Oct 14   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician in the year 1774.   

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies in the year 1774.   

Oct 18   In the year 1774 adolfs Muller, writer   

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

Oct 21   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Dec 14   Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 in the year 1774.   

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

Dec 18   On this day in history jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa   

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

Dec 30   On this day in history 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   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.   

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

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

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   In the year 1774 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   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   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   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.   

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history.   

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.