Jan 21 Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 in the year 1774. 


Jan 30 On this day in history 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 In the year 1774 florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 


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


Apr 23 On this day in history christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies 


May 04 On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) 


May 10 On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 

