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   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer   

Oct 13   In the year 1774 willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69   

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

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   In the year 1774 robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia in the year 1774.   

Oct 26   On this day in history the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

Nov 14   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer   

Nov 15   On this day in history william Horsley, composer   

Dec 02   In the year 1774 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   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   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 in the year 1774.   

Dec 16   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1774 birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)   

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 05   In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 10   On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

Apr 04   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

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   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.