Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies in the year 1774.   

Sep 26   In the year 1774 john Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman   

Oct 07   In the year 1774 ferdinando Orlandi, composer   

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Oct 14   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   In the year 1774 first Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

Oct 14   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician in the year 1774.   

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies in the year 1774.   

Oct 18   In the year 1774 adolfs Muller, writer   

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment in the year 1774.   

Oct 21   In the year 1774 first display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.   

Oct 26   1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia in the year 1774.   

Oct 26   On this day in history the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

Nov 14   Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 15   William Horsley, composer in the year 1774.   

Dec 02   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH in the year 1774.   

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH on this day in history.   

Dec 13   On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

Dec 14   Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 in the year 1774.   

Dec 18   On this day in history empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia   

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa in the year 1774.   

Dec 20   On this day in history guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer   

Dec 30   On this day in history pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]   

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

Jan 24   Karl Moser, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 24   On this day in history birth of prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)   

Mar 05   In the year 1774 birth of christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer   

Jan 21   In the year 1774 mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

Jan 30   Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies in the year 1774.   

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.