Today in History for October 1774
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Months in 1774: January February March April May June July August September November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 5 of 5
14th - 1st Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia
20th - Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment
21st - 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.
26th - 1st Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia
26th - Minute Men organized in colonies
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 3 of 3
7th - Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
14th - Hubert MAJ van Asch van Wijck, Dutch politician
18th - Adolfs Muller, writer
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
13th - Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69
16th - Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies
23rd - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)
