Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   In the year 1774 joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)   

Sep 22   On this day in history clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies   

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman in the year 1774.   

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) in the year 1774.   

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

Oct 16   On this day in history robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer in the year 1774.   

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 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   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   On this day in history 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH   

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

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

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

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

Dec 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born in the year 1774.   

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   In the year 1774 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

Feb 24   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born in the year 1774.   

Mar 05   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born in the year 1774.   

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 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   On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

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

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64