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 on this day in history.   

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman on this day in history.   

Oct 07   Ferdinando Orlandi, composer in the year 1774.   

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   Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician on this day in history.   

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

Oct 18   On this day in history adolfs Muller, writer   

Oct 20   Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 06   In the year 1774 austria becomes the first nation to introduce state education   

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

Dec 13   On this day in history first incident of the Revolution-400 attack Fort William and Mary, NH   

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

Dec 14   In the year 1774 mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary   

Dec 16   Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Dec 18   Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia on this day in history.   

Dec 18   In the year 1774 jews expelled from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia by Empress Maria Theresa   

Dec 20   Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 30   On this day in history 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   Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history mustapha III, sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56   

Jan 30   On this day in history frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69   

Feb 04   Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 in the year 1774.   

Apr 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1774.