1774

events

• 10. May: in France Ludwig becomes XVI. King
• 2. June: The parliament in Great Britain decides the ringring ring act, after English troopsin private houses of the colonies to be quartered 5
• can. September: North America. The first congress of continental is formed
• discovery of the oxygen by Joseph Priestley

• Cook discovers Neukaledonien
• of the 1768 Russian-Turkish war begun ends victoriously for the Russians under the Katharina the large one
• Abort of the action relations between America and Great Britain on the congress of continental

culture

• 4. November: Premiere of the comedy Berthe of François Joseph Gossec at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels
• 4. November: Premiere of the opera Lucio Silla of Johann Christian brook in Mannheim
• the Abderiten appears
• Goethe writes those to suffering the young Werthers, 14. April is born its play Götz of Berlichingen in Berlin

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• 8. January: William of Türk, Kartograf,Publisher († 1846)
• 18. January: Bernhard Dräsecke, Evangelist theologian, Generalsuperintendent and bishop († 1849)
• 3. February: Carl Brandan Mollweide, mathematician and astronomer († 1825)
• 4. February: Ludwig von Wolzogen, Prussian generalthe infantry († 1845)
• 15. February: William George Friedrich of Oranien Nassau, second son of the hereditary governor Wilhelm V. the Netherlands († 1799)
• 16. February: Pierre Rode, French Violinist († 1830)
• 24. February: AdolphFriedrich, duke of Cambridge, British field marshal († 1850)
• 26. February: Heinrich baron von Pechmann, German architect and author († 1861)
• 5. March: Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish composer († 1842)
• 16. March: Matthew Flinders, British explorers († 1814)
• 19. March: Johann Baptist Heinrich, German politician and mayor of Mainz († 1838)
• 25. March: François Marie Daudin, French zoologist († 1804)
• 26. March: Ernst Eugen baron von Hügel, württembergischer general and Minister of State († 1849)
• 1. April: Gottfried Daniel Krummacher, reformed Protestant theologian († 1837)
• 1. April: Gustav of smoke, Prussian general and war Minister († 1841)
• 17. April: Friedrich king, German printer and inventor († 1833)
• 17. April: Václav January Křitel Tomášek, böhmischer composer († 1850)
• 17. April: Václav January Křtitel Tomášek, Czech music teacher and composer († 1850)
• 21. April: Jean Baptiste Biot, French physicist and mathematician († 1862)
• 24. April: Jean Itard, French physician and deaf-mute teacher († 1838)
• 26. April: Anne Jean Marie René Savary, duc de Rovigo, French general andDuke of Rovigo († 1833)
• 26. April: Christian Leopold of book, German geologist († 1853)
• 12. May: Friederike of speeches, wife of the Prussian Minister Friedrich William of speeches († 1854)
• 16. May: Johann Baptist of cellar, German bishop († 1845)
• 9. June: Joseph baron Hammer von Purgstall, Austrian diplomat and translator († 1856)
• 14. June: Johann Carl free life, Saxonian upper mountain captain († 1846)
• 14. July: Hans's count von Bülow, westcompany-read-CH-Prussian statesman († 1825)
• 20. July: Augusts Frédéric Louis Viesse de Marmont, French field gentleman († 1852)
• 30. July: Charles de Graimberg, French Kupferstecher and landscape painter († 1864)
• 1. August: Ferdinand Beneke, German lawyer and politician († 1848)
• 12. August: Robert Southey, English. Historical writer and poet († 1843)
• 14. August: Franz Xaver Gewey, Austrian civil servant, actor and writer († 1819)
• 18. August: Meriwether Lewis, US-American soldier and discoverer († 1809)
• 28. August: Elizabeth Anna Bayley Seton, first holy ones born in the USA († 1821)
• 5. September: Caspar David Friedrich, German painterthe romance († 1840)
• 7. September: Johann Jakob Bernhardi, German Botaniker († 1850)
• 8. September: Anna Katharina Emmerick, medal sister and Mystikerin († 1824)
• 14. September: William Cavendish Bentinck, British general and statesman(† 1839)
• 17. September: Giuseppe Mezzofanti, is considered to 18 as one of the largest language genius of history ( † 1849
• ). October: Adolf Müllner, German attorney and writer († 1829)
• 4. November: Ignaz Heinrich of whose mountain, catholic theologian († 1860)
• 5. November: Johann Christian August Clarus, German physician († 1854)
• 11. November: Martin Dunin, archbishop of Gnesen and floats († 1842)
• 14. November: Gaspare Spontini, ItalianOpera composer and - conductor († 1851)
• 28. November: Friedrich IV. (Saxonia Gotha Altenburg), duke († 1825)
• 29. November: Carl Johan Fahlcrantz, Swedish painter († 1861)
• 29. November: Johann Gottfried Gruber, German literature historian († 1851)
• 8. December: George Cancrin, GermanRussian general and statesman († 1845)
• 23. December: Ludwig von Vincke, Prussian Reformer († 1844)
• 26. December: Ferdinand Öchsle, German mechanic, Goldschmied and inventor († 1852)

• Antal Csermák, Hungarian composer († 1822)
• Meriwether Lewis, US-American discoverer, soldier and civil servant

died

• 20. January: Florian Leopold gas man, Austrian composer (* 1729)
• 21. January: Mustafa III., Sultan of theOsmani realm (1757 to 1774) (* 1717)
• 3. March: Heinrich August de la moth Fouqué, Prussian general (* 1698)
• 30. March: Henriette Karoline of Pfalz Zweibrücken, daughter of the Pfalzgrafen Christian III. and its wife Karolineof wet outer Saarbruecken (* 1721)
• 4. April: Olive Goldsmith, Irish writer and physician (* 1728)
• 24. April: Christian William Dietrich, Maler and Kupferstecher (* 1712)
• 3. May: Johann Nikolaus Ti, German composer(* 1707)
• 10. May: Ludwig XV., King of France (* 1710)
• 26. May: William pure hard count von Neipperg, Austrian army leader (* 1684)
• 11. June: Emmerich Joseph from Breidbach to Bürresheim, cure princeand archbishop by Mainz and prince bishop von Worms (* 1707)
• 11. July: William Johnson, British-Irish dealer, politician and general in the British colonies in North America (* 1715)
• 27. July: Samuel God-dear Gmelin, Botaniker andNatural scientist (* 1744)
• 25. August: Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (* 1714)
• 22. September: Clemens XIV., Clemens was XIV under the name. Pope from 1769 to 1774 (* 1705)
• 29. October: August ofHallerstein, German Jesuit and China Missionar
• 12. November: Johann Friedrich Agricola, musicians, composer and music writer (* 1720)
• 22. November: Robert Clive, 1. Baron Clive, British general and statesman (* 1725)
• 23. November: GottfriedBernhard Göz, Maler and Kupferstecher Rococo (* 1708)
• 16. December: François Quesnay, French physician and Kupferstecher (* 1694)

• Johann George Chevalier de Saxe