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Messier Adds to Catalog

Jan 11 French astronomer Charles Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog

Astronomer Charles Messier

Cook Reaches 71°10' South

Jan 30 Captain James Cook reaches a record 71°10' south, 1820km from the South Pole

Explorer James Cook

Events in 1774

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 1 André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
  • Jan 24 Karl Moser, German composer and violinist, born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1851)
Born in 1774

Famous Deaths

  • Jan 21 Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (1757-74). dies of a heart attack at 56
  • Jan 30 František Tůma, Czech composer, dies at 69
  • Jan 30 Jean-Pierre Guignon [Giovanni Pietro Ghignone], Italian-French violinist and composer, dies at 71


What Happened in 1774

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