Historical Events In 1774

May 27   On this day in history francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)   

May 28   1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 01   On this day in history boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed   

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   Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army in the year 1774.   

Jun 13   Rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves on this day in history.   

Jun 13   Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves in the year 1774.   

Jun 16   Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky in the year 1774.   

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

Jun 22   On this day in history english parliament accepts Quebec Act   

Jun 23   Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) on this day in history.   

Jul 01   On this day in history henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68   

Jul 04   In the year 1774 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   Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer on this day in history.   

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

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

Jul 17   In the year 1774 capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata)   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1774 joseph Priestley discovers oxygen   

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 in the year 1774.   

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

Aug 12   Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson on this day in history.   

Aug 18   On this day in history meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition)   

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

Aug 28   In the year 1774 elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)   

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   On this day in history anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet   

Sep 15   On this day in history cossack Emilian Pugachev captured   

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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   In the year 1774 birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)   

Feb 15   In the year 1774 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   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

May 04   Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714) died in the year 1774.   

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