Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) in the year 1774.   

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies on this day in history.   

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

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history first Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   In the year 1774 hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician   

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

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia   

Oct 26   The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

Nov 14   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer on this day in history.   

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   Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 in the year 1774.   

Dec 14   On this day in history mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary   

Dec 16   On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa in the year 1774.   

Dec 20   On this day in history guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer   

Dec 30   Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31] in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer   

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