Timeline Monday 5 September 1774

Events on Monday 5 September 1774 2

• 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.