Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   In the year 1774 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1774 capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record)   

Jan 30   Captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 10   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange in the year 1774.   

Feb 16   On this day in history pierre Rode, composer   

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

Feb 22   In the year 1774 english House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history first sighting of Orion nebula   

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

Mar 07   British close port of Boston to all commerce on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) on this day in history.   

Mar 20   On this day in history john Braham, composer   

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

Mar 25   English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill in the year 1774.   

Mar 28   On this day in history britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts   

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   On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris   

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

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.   

Apr 28   Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse in the year 1774.   

Apr 30   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee on this day in history.   

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

May 10   Louis XVI ascends the throne of France on this day in history.   

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

May 20   In the year 1774 britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio   

May 20   In the year 1774 britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio   

May 23   Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) in the year 1774.   

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   

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   In the year 1774 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)   

Feb 10   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

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 in the year 1774.   

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64