Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   On this day in history joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages)   

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   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 13   In the year 1774 willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69   

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

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

Oct 14   On this day in history hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician   

Oct 16   Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1774 adolfs Muller, writer   

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

Oct 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1774 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia   

Oct 26   In the year 1774 the First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   

Nov 14   On this day in history gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer   

Nov 15   On this day in history william Horsley, composer   

Dec 02   Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54 in the year 1774.   

Dec 06   Austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education on this day in history.   

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

Dec 13   First incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH in the year 1774.   

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 in the year 1774.   

Dec 16   In the year 1774 francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

Dec 18   In the year 1774 empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia   

Dec 18   Jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa on this day in history.   

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

Dec 30   In the year 1774 pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31]   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of andré Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)   

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

Feb 11   Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) was born in the year 1774.   

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

Mar 05   Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 04   In the year 1774 death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17 on this day in history.   

Apr 23   Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

May 10   In the year 1774 louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64