{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born 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 In the year 1774 birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)  

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

Feb 24 On this day in history 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 In the year 1774 birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

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

Apr 17 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer  

Apr 21 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)  

Apr 26 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

May 27 In the year 1774 birth of francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)  

Jun 02 On this day in history birth of william Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)  

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 On this day in history birth of auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)  

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

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

Aug 28 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 08 In the year 1774 birth of anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet  

Sep 17 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) was born in the year 1774.  

Sep 26 In the year 1774 birth of john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman  

Oct 07 On this day in history 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 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 15 William Horsley, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | Next Page »

Jan 21 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jan 30 On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69  

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