{--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 on this day in history.  

Feb 11 In the year 1774 birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)  

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

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer  

Feb 17 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

Mar 05 In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

Mar 16 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) was born in the year 1774.  

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 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 in the year 1774.  

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

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

May 27 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 02 In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.  

Jun 23 Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 24 In the year 1774 birth of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)  

Jul 20 Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 12 On this day in history 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 In the year 1774 birth of elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)  

Sep 08 Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet was born on this day in history.  

Sep 17 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

Oct 14 In the year 1774 birth of hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician  

Oct 18 Adolfs Muller, writer was born in the year 1774.  

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

Nov 15 On this day in history birth of william Horsley, composer  

Nov 18 In the year 1774 birth of wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)  

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

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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 in the year 1774.  

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 On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17  

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 on this day in history.  

May 10 On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64