1774

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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

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.
• 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.
• The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.

Births

• February 11 - Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist, administrator, and publicist (d. 1847)
• February 17 - Raphael Peale, painter
• February 24 - Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
• August 12 - Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. 1843)
• September 5 - Caspar David Friedrich, German artist (d. 1840)

Deaths

• January 21 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1717)
• April 4 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (b. 1730)
• May 10 - King Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
• August 25 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714)
• September 22 - Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
• December 2 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (b. 1720)af:1774

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