Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog in the year 1774.   

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

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

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) in the year 1774.   

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

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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   W G Frederik, prince of Orange in the year 1774.   

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer in the year 1774.   

Feb 17   Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) on this day in history.   

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright on this day in history.   

Mar 04   1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) in the year 1774.   

Mar 04   In the year 1774 first sighting of Orion nebula   

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

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

Mar 16   In the year 1774 matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)   

Mar 20   On this day in history john Braham, composer   

Mar 22   A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep on this day in history.   

Mar 25   English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill in the year 1774.   

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

Apr 04   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

Apr 17   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer in the year 1774.   

Apr 19   In the year 1774 cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris   

Apr 21   In the year 1774 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)   

Apr 23   On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

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

Apr 30   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee in the year 1774.   

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

May 10   On this day in history louis XVI ascends the throne of France   

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

May 20   Britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio on this day in history.   

May 20   Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio on this day in history.   

May 23   On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1774 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   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   On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died in the year 1774.   

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