Notable Birthdays - 1774
1774 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860) |
Jan 24 |
Karl Moser, composer |
Feb 11 |
Hans Järta, Swedish political activist (d. 1847) |
Feb 15 |
W G Frederik, prince of Orange |
Feb 16 |
Pierre Rode, composer |
Feb 17 |
Raphaelle Peale, US, painter (After the Rain-1823) |
Feb 24 |
Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850) |
Mar 5 |
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer |
Mar 5 |
C.E.F. Weyse, Magic Lighter |
Mar 16 |
Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia) |
Mar 20 |
John Braham, composer |
Apr 17 |
Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer |
Apr 21 |
Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer (balloonist) |
Apr 25 |
Jean Itard, The Wild Child |
Apr 26 |
Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (d. 1853) |
Apr 28 |
Francis Baily, English Astronomer and describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse |
May 7 |
William Bainbridge, American Commodore (d. 1833) |
May 18 |
Gaetano Rossi, Semiramide |
May 27 |
Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale) |
Jun 2 |
William Lawson, explorer of New South Wales, Australia (d. 1850) |
Jun 21 |
Daniel D Tompkins, (D-R), 6th US vice-president (1817-25) |
Jun 23 |
Matthijs Siegenbeek, Dutch linguist (spelling) |
Jun 24 |
François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (d. 1838) |
Jul 20 |
Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852) |
Aug 12 |
Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson |
Aug 12 |
Robert Southey, Nelson |
Aug 18 |
Meriwether Lewis, Charlottsville VA, solider and public administrator (Lewis & Clark Expedition), (d. 1809) |
Aug 28 |
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint (1975), (d. 1821) |
Sep 8 |
Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet |
Sep 17 |
Joseph Caspar Mezzofanti, Cardinal/linguist (understood 70 languages) |
Sep 26 |
John Chapman, [Johnny Appleseed], frontier nurseryman |
Oct 7 |
Ferdinando Orlandi, composer |
Oct 14 |
Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician |
Oct 18 |
Adolfs Muller, writer |
Nov 14 |
Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, composer |
Nov 14 |
Gasparo Spontini, Philadelphia |
Nov 15 |
William Horsley, composer |
Nov 18 |
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837) |
Nov 24 |
Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857) |
Dec 20 |
Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer |
Dec 30 |
Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian/literary [or Dec 31] |
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