Famous Personalities Born 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 On this day in history birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)  

Feb 15 W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.  

Feb 16 Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 17 Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) was born in the year 1774.  

Feb 24 Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born in the year 1774.  

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

Apr 17 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 21 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) was born in the year 1774.  

Apr 26 Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 28 In the year 1774 birth of francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse  

May 07 On this day in history birth of william Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833)  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 20 In the year 1774 birth of auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)  

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

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

Aug 28 In the year 1774 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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1774 birth of hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician  

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

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

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

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

Nov 24 In the year 1774 birth of thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 23 Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.  

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.