Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog in the year 1774.   

Jan 21   On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

Jan 24   On this day in history karl Moser, composer   

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) in the year 1774.   

Jan 30   Captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1774 andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit   

Feb 10   On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44   

Feb 15   On this day in history w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   In the year 1774 pierre Rode, composer   

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

Feb 22   English House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright on this day in history.   

Mar 04   On this day in history 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)   

Mar 04   On this day in history first sighting of Orion nebula   

Mar 05   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer in the year 1774.   

Mar 07   On this day in history british close port of Boston to all commerce   

Mar 16   On this day in history matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)   

Mar 20   In the year 1774 john Braham, composer   

Mar 22   In the year 1774 a collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.   

Mar 25   English Parliament passes Boston Port Bill in the year 1774.   

Mar 28   Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts on this day in history.   

Apr 04   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

Apr 17   In the year 1774 vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer   

Apr 19   On this day in history cW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris   

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

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

Apr 28   Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse in the year 1774.   

Apr 30   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee on this day in history.   

May 10   Louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64 in the year 1774.   

May 10   On this day in history louis XVI ascends the throne of France   

May 10   Louis XVI ascends to throne of France in the year 1774.   

May 20   In the year 1774 britain gives Québec, Labrador & territory north of the Ohio   

May 20   On this day in history britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio   

May 23   In the year 1774 chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1774 birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   In the year 1774 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   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   On this day in history birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)   

Mar 05   In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

Jan 21   Mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 04   In the year 1774 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   In the year 1774 oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

Apr 23   In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

May 04   In the year 1774 death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

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