Famous Birthdays In 1774

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

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 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 24 Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Apr 17 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 21 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1774.  

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 William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850) was born in the year 1774.  

Jun 21 In the year 1774 birth of daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)  

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

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 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born in the year 1774.  

Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) was born in the year 1774.  

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

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

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

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

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

Nov 14 On this day in history birth of gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer  

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 In the year 1774 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 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 23 In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies  

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