Page 2: Historical Events In 1774

May 27   Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) in the year 1774.   

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

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

Jun 01   Boston Port Bill: British govt orders Port of Boston closed in the year 1774.   

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

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

Jun 11   Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army on this day in history.   

Jun 13   In the year 1774 rhode Island becomes 1st colony to prohibit importation of slaves   

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

Jun 16   Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) in the year 1774.   

Jun 22   In the year 1774 english parliament accepts Quebec Act   

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

Jul 01   In the year 1774 henry Fox Holland, English corrupt politician, dies at 68   

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 in the year 1774.   

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   Peace of Kutsjuk Kainardji (end Russian-Turkish War) on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen in the year 1774.   

Aug 01   Joseph Priestley isolates oxygen for the first time on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history priestly discovers oxygen   

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

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, capt (Lewis & Clark Expedition) on this day in history.   

Aug 25   Nicolo Jommelli, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1774.   

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

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

Sep 05   The first Continental Congress of what would later become the USA, convenes in Philadelphia, PA on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured in the year 1774.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1774 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of w G Frederik, prince of Orange   

Feb 16   In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1774 frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died in the year 1774.   

Feb 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies   

May 04   On this day in history death of anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)   

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