Historical Events In 1774

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

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

Jan 24   In the year 1774 karl Moser, composer   

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

Jan 30   Captain Cook reaches 71º 10' S, 1820 km from S pole (record) in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 10   On this day in history andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit   

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

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

Mar 04   In the year 1774 1st sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel)   

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   A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep on this day in history.   

Mar 25   On this day in history english Parliament passes Boston Port Bill   

Mar 28   In the year 1774 britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts   

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

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

Apr 30   On this day in history pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee   

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

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

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   In the year 1774 britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio   

May 23   On this day in history chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

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

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of karl Moser, composer   

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born in the year 1774.   

Feb 15   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 17   On this day in history birth of raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823)   

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 in the year 1774.   

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

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

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 in the year 1774.