Page 3: Historical Events In 1774

Sep 17   Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) in the year 1774.   

Sep 22   Clement XIV, [Giovanni Ganganelli], Pope (1769-74), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 26   John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman in the year 1774.   

Oct 07   In the year 1774 ferdinando Orlandi, composer   

Oct 13   Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 in the year 1774.   

Oct 14   1st Continental Congress is 1st to declare colonial rights (Phila) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   On this day in history first Continental Congress is first to declare colonial rights (Phila)   

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   Adolfs Muller, writer on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1774 continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment   

Oct 21   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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history william Horsley, composer   

Dec 02   On this day in history johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54   

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

Dec 13   On this day in history 1st incident of Revolution-400 attack Ft William & Mary, NH   

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

Dec 13   Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 in the year 1774.   

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

Dec 16   On this day in history francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80   

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

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

Dec 20   Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer in the year 1774.   

Dec 30   In the year 1774 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 in the year 1774.   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847)   

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

Feb 16   Pierre Rode, composer was born in the year 1774.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 04   On this day in history oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer), dies at 17   

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   On this day in history louis XV, king of France (1715-74), dies at 64