Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

May 27   In the year 1774 francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)   

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

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

Jun 01   In the year 1774 boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 01   On this day in history british govt orders Port of Boston closed   

Jun 02   England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes on this day in history.   

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   Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky on this day in history.   

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

Jun 22   English parliament accepts Quebec Act on this day in history.   

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   Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts in the year 1774.   

Jul 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Capt Cook arrives at New Hebrides (Vanuata) on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) in the year 1774.   

Jul 31   Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

Aug 01   In the year 1774 joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time   

Aug 01   Priestly discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

Aug 06   On this day in history founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY   

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

Aug 25   Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   On this day in history elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975)   

Sep 05   1st Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history 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   Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured in the year 1774.   

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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   On this day in history 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   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.   

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

Feb 24   In the year 1774 birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)   

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 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   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.