1774

Years:
1771 1772 1773 - 1774 - 1775 1776 1777
Decades:
1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s
Centuries:
17th century - 18th century - 19th century
1774 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Science
Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders ---- From Categories:
births - deaths

1774 was a Common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).

Events

January 21 - Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid I.
May 10 - Louis XVI becomes King of France.
June 2 - Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
June 11 - Jews in Algier escape the attack of the Spanish army.
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.
September 5 - First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
October 21 - First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.