Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   On this day in history messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog   

Jan 21   In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer in the year 1774.   

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1774 captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record)   

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1774 w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1774 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1774 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)   

Mar 04   First sighting of Orion nebula on this day in history.   

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

Mar 07   In the year 1774 british close port of Boston to all commerce   

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

Mar 20   John Braham, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 22   A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep in the year 1774.   

Mar 25   English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts in the year 1774.   

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.   

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

Apr 19   In the year 1774 cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris   

Apr 21   In the year 1774 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)   

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

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

Apr 30   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee in the year 1774.   

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

May 10   On this day in history louis XVI ascends the throne of France   

May 10   Louis XVI ascends to throne of France in the year 1774.   

May 20   Britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio on this day in history.   

May 20   Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio in the year 1774.   

May 23   On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

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

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

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

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

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   On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.   

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