September 1st, 1774

Born on September 1st, 1774

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What happened on September 1st, 1774?

September 1st, 1774

Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay

September 1st, 1774

Under orders from Governor Thomas Gage, British soldiers removed gunpowder from a magazine in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, which caused Patriots to prepare for war.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gage

What else happened on September 1st?

September 1st, 2019

Hurricane Dorian, the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record outside the tropics, made landfall in the Bahamas at Category 5 intensity.

September 1st, 2000

Speakers' Corner, a free speech area in Hong Lim Park in Singapore, was launched.

September 1st, 1983

A Soviet jet interceptor shot down the civilian Korean Air Lines Flight 007 near the island of Sakhalin in the north Pacific, killing all 246 passengers and 23 crew on board.

September 1st, 1973

A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Irish Sea resulted in the deepest sub rescue in history (pictured).

September 1st, 1972

In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th World Chess Champion with his victory over Soviet Boris Spassky.

September 1st, 1969

Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) led a coup d'état to overthrow King Idris of Libya.

September 1st, 1967

At an Arab League summit, eight nations issued the Khartoum Resolution, declaring that there would be "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, [and] no negotiations with it".

September 1st, 1952

Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, which later won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was first published.

September 1st, 1939

German forces attacked multiple locations in Poland, including Wieluń and Westerplatte, starting World War II in Europe.

September 1st, 1914

The passenger pigeon, which once numbered in the billions, became extinct when the last individual died in captivity.

September 1st, 1911

Construction began on the Saline Valley salt tram, which during its operation was the steepest tram in the United States.

September 1st, 1902

The first science fiction film, titled A Trip to the Moon and based on From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne, was released in France.

September 1st, 1872

A small British force commanded by a surgeon fought off a surprise attack by the Maya on Orange Walk Town, British Honduras.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 1st

Same year
Born in 1774

68

Robert Southey

English romantic poet (1774–1843)

*August 12th, 1774, Bristol †March 21st, 1843, Keswick

83

Francis Beaufort

Irish hydrographer and naval officer (1774-1857)

*May 27th, 1774, Navan †December 17th, 1857, Hove

77

Tadeusz Tyszkiewicz

*September 6th, 1774, Belvederis †April 3rd, 1852, Paris

35

Meriwether Lewis

American explorer (1774-1809)

*August 18th, 1774, Albemarle County †October 11th, 1809, Hickman County

76

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge

British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786

*February 24th, 1774, Buckingham Palace †July 8th, 1850, Cambridge House

65

William Farquhar

British colonial administrator

*February 26th, 1774, Aberdeenshire †May 11th, 1839, Perth

85

Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg

German historian

*November 4th, 1774, Dresden †August 9th, 1860, Constance

73

Antoine Drouot

French general (1774-1847)

*January 11th, 1774, Nancy †March 24th, 1847, Nancy

79

Johann Christian August Clarus

German surgeon

*November 5th, 1774, Coburg †July 13th, 1854, Leipzig

74

Antonio Basoli

Italian painter (1774-1848)

*April 18th, 1774, Castel Guelfo di Bologna †May 30th, 1848, Bologna

68

Thomas Veazey

American politician (1774-1842)

*January 31st, 1774, Cecil County †July 1st, 1842, Cecil County

75

Johann Heinrich Bernhard Dräseke

German theologian

*January 18th, 1774, Brunswick †December 8th, 1849, Potsdam

61

Friedrich Starke

German composer and hornist (1774-1835)

*March 29th, 1774, Elsterwerda †December 18th, 1835, Döbling

57

Robert William Elliston

British actor (1774-1831)

*April 7th, 1774, London †July 7th, 1831, London

75

Manuel de Sarratea

Argentine politician (1774-1849)

*August 11th, 1774, Buenos Aires †September 21st, 1849, Limoges

59

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin

French painter (1774–1833)

*March 13th, 1774, Paris †July 6th, 1833, Rome

37

Juan Aldama

Mexican revolutionary rebel soldier

*January 3rd, 1774, San Miguel de Allende †June 26th, 1811, Chihuahua City

87

Ignaz Maria Attems

Austrian politician (1774-1861)

*February 24th, 1774, Graz †December 17th, 1861, Graz

80

Salomon Mayer von Rothschild

Austrian banker and businessman (1774-1855)

*September 9th, 1774, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1855, Paris

64

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo

French general (1774-1838)

*June 24th, 1774, Lunéville †June 25th, 1838, former 1st arrondissement of Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1774 is a normal year and no leap year.

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