Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

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

May 28   1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) in the year 1774.   

May 28   The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) in the year 1774.   

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

Jun 01   On this day in history british govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 02   On this day in history england passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes   

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   Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves in the year 1774.   

Jun 16   On this day in history formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.   

Jun 21   On this day in history daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25)   

Jun 22   On this day in history english parliament accepts Quebec Act   

Jun 23   On this day in history matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)   

Jul 01   Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 in the year 1774.   

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

Jul 07   In the year 1774 giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83   

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   On this day in history priestly discovers oxygen   

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

Aug 10   1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing on this day in history.   

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

Aug 18   On this day in history meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)   

Aug 25   Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1774.   

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

Sep 05   1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia in the year 1774.   

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

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

Sep 15   On this day in history cossack Emilian Pugachev captured   

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born in the year 1774.   

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   In the year 1774 birth of pierre Rode, composer   

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

Feb 24   In the year 1774 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   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774.   

Jan 30   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

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 on this day in history.   

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