1774
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s |
| Years: | 1771 1772 1773 - 1774 - 1775 1776 1777 |
| 1774 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1774 (MDCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1774
[edit] January - June
- January 21 - Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid I.
- January 27 - An angry crowd in America seizes a British customs collector and then tars and feathers him.
- March 31 - Intolerable Acts: The British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port of Boston, Massachusetts as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
- April 17 - The first avowedly Unitarian congregation, Essex Street Chapel, is founded in London by Theophilus Lindsey.
- May 10 - Louis XVI becomes King of France following the death of Louis XV.
- June 2 - Intolerable Acts: A new Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to provide better housing for British soldiers upon demand, is passed.
- June 11 - Jews in Algiers escape the attack of the Spanish army.
[edit] July - December
- July 21 - Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji, ending six years of war. The treaty does give Russia the right to intervene in Ottoman politics to protect its Christian subjects.
- 1 August - The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last) time - the second quantitatively following the somewhat earlier work of Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1771-1772) - by Joseph Priestley, who publishes the fact in 1775 and so names the element and usually gets all the credit.
- September 5 - The First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- September 21 - George Mason and George Washington found the Fairfax County Militia Association, a military unit independent of British control.
- October 10 - Dunmore's War - Battle of Point Pleasant: Cornstalk is forced to make peace with Dunmore at the Treaty of Camp Charlotte, ceding Shawnee land claims south of the Ohio (modern Kentucky) to Virginia.
- October 21 - The word "Liberty" is first displayed on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
[edit] Undated
- The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- To avoid severe flooding, Martinsborough, North Carolina is moved to higher ground 3 miles west. The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Martinsborough as the new county seat of Pitt County, 3 years after its founding.
- German cobbler Johann Birkenstock creates the first Birkenstock sandals.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1774 MDCCLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2527 |
| Armenian calendar | 1223 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -70 – -69 |
| Berber calendar | 2724 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2318 |
| Burmese calendar | 1136 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7282 – 7283 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年十一月十九日 (4410/4470-11-19) — to —
甲午年十一月廿九日(4411/4471-11-29) |
| Coptic calendar | 1490 – 1491 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1766 – 1767 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5534 – 5535 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1829 – 1830 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1696 – 1697 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4875 – 4876 |
| Holocene calendar | 11774 |
| Iranian calendar | 1152 – 1153 |
| Islamic calendar | 1187 – 1188 |
| Japanese calendar | An'ei 3 (安永3年) |
| Korean calendar | 4107 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2317 |
- February 11 - Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist and administrator (d. 1847)
- February 24 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
- March 9 - Mayhew Folger, whaler, captain of Topaz (ship), rediscovered Pitcairn Islands in 1808 (d. 1828)
- March 16 - Captain Matthew Flinders, English explorer (d. 1814)
- July 20 - Auguste Marmont, French marshal (d. 1852)
- August 12 - Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. 1843)
- August 28 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, co-founder of Mount Saint Mary's University, founder of the Sisters of Charity (d. 1821)
- September 5 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)
- September 26 - Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman), nurseryman/missionary planted apple-tree nurseries in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois (d. 1847)
- date unknown - Sergei Nikolayevich Glinka - Russian author, brother of Fedor Nikolaevich Glinka (d. 1847)
- See also Category: 1774 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717)
- February 4 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
- April 4 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. 1730)
- May 4 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)
- May 10 - King Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
- July 1 - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (b. 1705)
- July 11 - Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Irish-born New York pioneer
- July 14 - James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley and Kilmaine, British field marshal (b. 1682)
- August 11 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
- August 14 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German scholar and physician (b. 1716)
- August 25 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)
- September 22 - Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
- September 25 - John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (b. 1714)
- October 23 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. 1715)
- October 26 - Roemer Vlacq II, Dutch vice-admiral (b. 1712)
- November 22 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (b. 1725)
- December 2 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (b. 1720)
- December 16 - François Quesnay, French economist (b. 1694)
- Elizabeth Woollat, wife of Jedediah Strutt (b. 1729)
- See also Category: 1774 deaths.
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