Timeline September 1774

Events in September 1774 4

• 1774 Goethe publishes The Sorrows of Young Werther Epistolary novel launches the Sturm und Drang movement Johann Wolfgang von Goethe published his epistolary novel about a young artist's unrequited love and suicide. The book became an immediate sensation across Europe and gave the German Sturm und Drang literary movement its emotional template. It also sparked concern over copycat suicides, a phenomenon later dubbed the "Werther effect."
• 1774 James Cook charts New Caledonia Second voyage explorer becomes first European to sight the island During his second Pacific voyage, James Cook sighted and charted New Caledonia, becoming the first European known to visit the island. He named it for its resemblance to the Scottish Highlands. The voyage also charted Norfolk Island and several other Pacific locations that year.
• 1774 – 1840 Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) Died 7 May 1840, aged 65 Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic painter celebrated for his allegorical landscapes featuring solitary figures confronting vast natural scenes. His work, including Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, became a defining image of Romanticism. He died in relative obscurity in Dresden on 7 May 1840.
• 1774 First Continental Congress convenes Colonial delegates meet in Philadelphia to coordinate resistance to British rule Delegates from twelve of the thirteen American colonies met in Philadelphia to respond to the Coercive Acts imposed by Britain. The congress endorsed the Suffolk Resolves, organized a boycott of British goods through the Continental Association, and agreed to reconvene the following year. It marked the first unified colonial action against British policy.