{--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 Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 11 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 15 On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange  

Feb 16 Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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 in the year 1774.  

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

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

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

Apr 21 In the year 1774 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 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 23 On this day in history 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 In the year 1774 birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson  

Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 28 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) was born in the year 1774.  

Sep 08 On this day in history birth of anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet  

Sep 17 In the year 1774 birth of joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)  

Sep 26 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman was born in the year 1774.  

Oct 07 In the year 1774 birth of ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

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

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 On this day in history birth of wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)  

Nov 24 On this day in history birth of thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

May 04 In the year 1774 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)  

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