{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1774

Jan 01 André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born in the year 1774.  

Jan 24 On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer  

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 Pierre Rode, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 05 On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

Mar 16 On this day in history birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

Mar 20 John Braham, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Apr 17 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 21 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) was born in the year 1774.  

Apr 26 In the year 1774 birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)  

Apr 28 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse was born on this day in history.  

May 07 On this day in history birth of william Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)  

May 27 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 02 William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850) was born in the year 1774.  

Jun 21 Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 23 In the year 1774 birth of matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)  

Jun 24 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838) was born on this day in history.  

Jul 20 Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 12 In the year 1774 birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson  

Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 28 On this day in history birth of elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)  

Sep 08 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet was born in the year 1774.  

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

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

Oct 07 In the year 1774 birth of ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

Oct 14 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 15 William Horsley, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 18 Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 24 On this day in history birth of thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)  

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Jan 21 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774.  

Jan 30 In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

Feb 04 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.  

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 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.  

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.