Famous Birthdays In 1774

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

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 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 On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)  

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 in the year 1774.  

Mar 16 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 20 On this day in history birth of john Braham, composer  

Apr 17 On this day in history birth of vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer  

Apr 21 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)  

Apr 26 On this day in history birth of christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853)  

Apr 28 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse was born on this day in history.  

May 07 William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833) was born on this day in history.  

May 27 On this day in history birth of francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)  

Jun 02 In the year 1774 birth of william Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)  

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

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

Jun 24 In the year 1774 birth of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)  

Jul 20 Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 12 Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson was born on this day in history.  

Aug 18 Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 17 Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 07 In the year 1774 birth of ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

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

Oct 18 On this day in history birth of adolfs Muller, writer  

Nov 14 Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 15 William Horsley, composer was born on this day in history.  

Nov 18 In the year 1774 birth of wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)  

Nov 24 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857) was born in the year 1774.  

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

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

Feb 04 On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

Feb 10 On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

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

Apr 23 In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.