Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

May 27   Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) in the year 1774.   

May 28   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

May 28   In the year 1774 the first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

Jun 01   In the year 1774 boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 01   In the year 1774 british govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 02   England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes on this day in history.   

Jun 11   On this day in history jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army   

Jun 13   Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves in the year 1774.   

Jun 13   In the year 1774 rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves   

Jun 16   In the year 1774 formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.   

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

Jun 22   English parliament accepts Quebec Act on this day in history.   

Jun 23   Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) in the year 1774.   

Jul 01   On this day in history henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68   

Jul 04   Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts on this day in history.   

Jul 07   Giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1774.   

Jul 11   In the year 1774 sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer   

Jul 12   On this day in history citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence   

Jul 12   Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence in the year 1774.   

Jul 17   In the year 1774 capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

Jul 21   Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) in the year 1774.   

Jul 31   Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

Aug 01   In the year 1774 joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

Aug 01   Priestly discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

Aug 06   Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on this day in history.   

Aug 10   In the year 1774 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing   

Aug 12   On this day in history robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson   

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

Aug 25   Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   On this day in history elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)   

Sep 05   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia   

Sep 05   In the year 1774 the first Continental Congress of what would later become the USA, convenes in Philadelphia, PA.   

Sep 08   Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet in the year 1774.   

Sep 15   In the year 1774 cossack Emilian Pugachev captured   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 16   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   In the year 1774 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 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 in the year 1774.   

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history 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   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.   

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