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


Jan 30 Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1774. 


Feb 04 In the year 1774 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 on this day in history. 


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


May 04 Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died on this day in history. 


May 10 Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 on this day in history. 

