Famous Birthdays In 1774

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)  

Jan 24 On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.  

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

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  

Feb 24 In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

Mar 05 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) was born in the year 1774.  

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

Apr 17 In the year 1774 birth of vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer  

Apr 21 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 26 On this day in history birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)  

Apr 28 In the year 1774 birth of francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse  

May 07 William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833) was born in the year 1774.  

May 27 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) was born in the year 1774.  

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

Jun 21 On this day in history birth of daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

Aug 12 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on this day in history.  

Aug 18 In the year 1774 birth of meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)  

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 In the year 1774 birth of john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman  

Oct 07 Ferdinando Orlandi, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Oct 14 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician was born in the year 1774.  

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of adolfs Muller, writer  

Nov 14 In the year 1774 birth of gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer  

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of william Horsley, composer  

Nov 18 Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.  

Nov 24 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857) was born in the year 1774.  

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Jan 21 In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.  

Apr 23 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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.