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 in the year 1774.   

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman on this day in history.   

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

Oct 13   On this day in history willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69   

Oct 14   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   First Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies in the year 1774.   

Oct 18   In the year 1774 adolfs Muller, writer   

Oct 20   On this day in history continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment   

Oct 21   On this day in history 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.   

Oct 26   1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1774 the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

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

Nov 15   On this day in history william Horsley, composer   

Dec 02   On this day in history johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54   

Dec 06   On this day in history austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education   

Dec 13   1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on this day in history.   

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

Dec 14   Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary on this day in history.   

Dec 16   In the year 1774 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia in the year 1774.   

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa on this day in history.   

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

Dec 30   On this day in history pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)   

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   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 04   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

Apr 23   On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

May 04   On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

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