{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1774

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 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 Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.  

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.  

Mar 16 In the year 1774 birth of matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)  

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

Apr 17 In the year 1774 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 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 28 On this day in history birth of francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse  

May 07 In the year 1774 birth of william Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)  

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

Jun 02 On this day in history birth of william Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850)  

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

Jun 23 In the year 1774 birth of matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling)  

Jun 24 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 18 In the year 1774 birth of meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)  

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

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

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

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

Oct 07 On this day in history birth of ferdinando Orlandi, composer  

Oct 14 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician was born in the year 1774.  

Oct 18 Adolfs Muller, writer was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 14 In the year 1774 birth of gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer  

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

Nov 18 Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) was born in the year 1774.  

Nov 24 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857) was born on this day in history.  

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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 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 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 In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64