Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

May 27   Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) on this day in history.   

May 28   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

May 28   On this day in history the first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

Jun 01   Boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed on this day in history.   

Jun 01   In the year 1774 british govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 02   In the year 1774 england passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes   

Jun 11   On this day in history jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army   

Jun 13   On this day in history rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves   

Jun 13   On this day in history rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves   

Jun 16   On this day in history formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky.   

Jun 21   Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) on this day in history.   

Jun 22   English parliament accepts Quebec Act in the year 1774.   

Jun 23   Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) in the year 1774.   

Jul 01   Henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68 in the year 1774.   

Jul 04   On this day in history orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts   

Jul 07   In the year 1774 giuseppi Maria Carretti, composer, dies at 83   

Jul 11   On this day in history sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer   

Jul 12   Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence on this day in history.   

Jul 12   Citizens of Carlisle, Penn. pass a declaration of independence in the year 1774.   

Jul 17   On this day in history capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

Jul 21   On this day in history peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War)   

Jul 31   Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen on this day in history.   

Aug 01   Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time in the year 1774.   

Aug 01   In the year 1774 priestly discovers oxygen   

Aug 06   Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY on this day in history.   

Aug 10   In the year 1774 1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing   

Aug 12   On this day in history robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson   

Aug 18   In the year 1774 meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)   

Aug 25   In the year 1774 nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59   

Aug 28   Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975) on this day in history.   

Sep 05   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia   

Sep 05   In the year 1774 the first Continental Congress of what would later become the USA, convenes in Philadelphia, PA.   

Sep 08   In the year 1774 anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet   

Sep 15   On this day in history cossack Emilian Pugachev captured   

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Jan 01   André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) was born on this day in history.   

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   W G Frederik, prince of Orange was born on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of pierre Rode, composer   

Feb 17   In the year 1774 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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.