Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   In the year 1774 joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)   

Sep 22   On this day in history clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies   

Sep 26   In the year 1774 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman   

Oct 07   On this day in history ferdinando Orlandi, composer   

Oct 13   In the year 1774 willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69   

Oct 14   1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila) in the year 1774.   

Oct 14   First Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   On this day in history hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician   

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies in the year 1774.   

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer in the year 1774.   

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment on this day in history.   

Oct 21   First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America in the year 1774.   

Oct 26   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia   

Oct 26   The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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

Nov 15   On this day in history william Horsley, composer   

Dec 02   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 in the year 1774.   

Dec 06   Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   In the year 1774 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH   

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

Dec 14   Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary in the year 1774.   

Dec 16   On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia in the year 1774.   

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa in the year 1774.   

Dec 20   Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 30   On this day in history pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]   

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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 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.   

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

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

May 04   On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

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