Historical Events In 1774

Jan 11   Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog on this day in history.   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1774 karl Moser, composer   

Jan 30   Capt Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 10   Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit in the year 1774.   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.   

Feb 15   In the year 1774 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   On this day in history english House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright   

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

Mar 04   First sighting of Orion nebula on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Apr 17   Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer in the year 1774.   

Apr 19   CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis," premieres in Paris in the year 1774.   

Apr 21   In the year 1774 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist)   

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 28   Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee in the year 1774.   

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

May 10   Louis XVI ascends the throne of France on this day in history.   

May 10   Louis XVI ascends to throne of France on this day in history.   

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

May 20   Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

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 in the year 1774.   

Feb 16   In the year 1774 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   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.   

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   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