Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   On this day in history joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)   

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies in the year 1774.   

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman in the year 1774.   

Oct 07   In the year 1774 ferdinando Orlandi, composer   

Oct 13   On this day in history willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69   

Oct 14   On this day in history 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

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

Oct 14   In the year 1774 hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician   

Oct 16   On this day in history robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies   

Oct 18   Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1774 continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1774 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 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 in the year 1774.   

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

Dec 16   In the year 1774 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia on this day in history.   

Dec 18   On this day in history jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa   

Dec 20   In the year 1774 guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer   

Dec 30   Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31] in the year 1774.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1774 birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born in the year 1774.   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

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

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.   

May 04   In the year 1774 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

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