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

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

Jan 24 Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 11 Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 15 W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born in the year 1774.  

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 In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)  

Mar 05 On this day in history birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer  

Mar 16 Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) was born in the year 1774.  

Mar 20 John Braham, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1774 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 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) was born on this day in history.  

Jun 02 William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850) was born in the year 1774.  

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 On this day in history birth of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838)  

Jul 20 On this day in history birth of auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)  

Aug 12 In the year 1774 birth of robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson  

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

Aug 28 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) was born in the year 1774.  

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

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

Sep 26 John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 14 Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 15 In the year 1774 birth of william Horsley, composer  

Nov 18 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44  

Apr 04 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

May 10 In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64