Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

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

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

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

Oct 07   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer   

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

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

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1774 adolfs Muller, writer   

Oct 20   On this day in history continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment   

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 in the year 1774.   

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   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer   

Nov 15   On this day in history william Horsley, composer   

Dec 02   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 in the year 1774.   

Dec 06   On this day in history austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education   

Dec 13   1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH on this day in history.   

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on this day in history.   

Dec 13   On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

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

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

Dec 18   On this day in history empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia   

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa on this day in history.   

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

Dec 30   Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31] on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1774 birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born in the year 1774.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1774 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   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