Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   On this day in history messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog   

Jan 21   On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer in the year 1774.   

Jan 30   On this day in history capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record)   

Jan 30   Captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 10   On this day in history andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1774 w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 17   In the year 1774 raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright in the year 1774.   

Mar 04   1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) on this day in history.   

Mar 04   First sighting of Orion nebula in the year 1774.   

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

Mar 07   British close port of Boston to all commerce in the year 1774.   

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

Mar 20   John Braham, composer in the year 1774.   

Mar 22   In the year 1774 a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.   

Mar 25   In the year 1774 english Parliament passes Boston Port Bill   

Mar 28   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts in the year 1774.   

Apr 04   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

Apr 17   In the year 1774 vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer   

Apr 19   On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris   

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

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee   

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

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XVI ascends the throne of France   

May 10   Louis XVI ascends to throne of France in the year 1774.   

May 20   On this day in history britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio   

May 20   In the year 1774 britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio   

May 23   Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.   

Feb 17   In the year 1774 birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

Feb 24   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born in the year 1774.   

Mar 05   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

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   In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.   

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

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