In history, year 1774 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1774.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1774 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 21 july | The Russo-Turkish War officially ended after the Russian Empireand the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca, with thelatter ceding parts of the Yedisan region to the former. |
| 01 august | British scientist Joseph Priestley liberated oxygen gas,corroborating the discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemistCarl Wilhelm Scheele. |
| 01 september | Thomas Gage, royal governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, ordered soldiers to remove gunpowder from a magazine, causing Patriots to prepare for war. |
| 04 september | British explorer James Cook became the first European to sightthe island of New Caledonia. |
| 05 september | In response to the British Parliament enacting the IntolerableActs, representatives from twelve of Britain's North American coloniesconvened the First Continental Congress at Carpenters' Hall inPhiladelphia. |
| 29 september | The publication of The Sorrows of Young Werther raised the 24-year-old Johann Wolfgang von Goethe to international fame. |
| 31 May | First Postal Service Office opened in India. |
| 20 October | Calcutta (now Kolkata) was made the capital of India. |
| 06 December | Austria became the first country to implement the state education system. |
| 13 December | The first incident of the American Revolution occurred. |
| 07 March | Britain's Boston Port closed to all commercial activity. |
| 31 March | Postal service started in India, first post office opened. |
| 30 January | Captain James Cook reached 71 ° 10 \ 'south, 1820 km from the South Pole. |
| 10 February | Andrew Baker participated in a diving suit demonstration. |
| 13 March | First Postal Service Office opened in India. |
| 17 April | The first explicitly Unitarian mandala of the Ascest Street Chapel in London was established by Theophilus Lindsey. |
| 10 May | Louis XVI became King of France after the death of his grandfather, Louis XV. |
| 31 June | Britisse America's colony Road Ireland banned slavery. He was the first colony to do so. |
| 12 July | Citizens of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, passed the symbolic Declaration of Independence. |
| 06 August | Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shekhar movement, immigrated to New York. |
| 05 September | The First Continental Congress united in Philadelphia. |
| 14 October | The First Continental Congress declared colonial rights in Philadelphia. |
| 17 November | The First City Troop was built in the halls of the Philadelphia City Caverly Carpenter. Philadelphia - Oldest US Military Unit |
| 13 December | The first incident of the American Revolution - 400 attacks on FT William and Mary in New Hampshire. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1774:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 January | André Marie Constant Duméril / Academic / France |
| 02 June | William Lawson / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 05 March | Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse / Composer / Denmark |
| 07 May | William Bainbridge / Soldier / United States of America |
| 12 May | Ellis Cunliffe Lister / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 12 August | Robert Southey / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 14 September | Lord William Bentinck / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 16 March | Matthew Flinders / Navigator / United Kingdom |
| 16 November | Georg von Cancrin / Politician / Germany |
| 16 February | Pierre Rode / Violinist / France |
| 17 July | John Wilbur / Politician / United States of America |
| 18 August | Meriwether Lewis / Soldier / United States of America |
| 19 September | Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti / Cardinal / Italy |
| 20 July | Auguste de Marmont / General / France |
| 21 June | Daniel D. Tompkins / Politician / United States of America |
| 21 April | Jean-Baptiste Biot / Astronomer / France |
| 24 June | Antonio González de Balcarce / Politician / Argentina |
| 24 June | François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo / Engineer / France |
| 26 April | Christian Leopold von Buch / Geologist / Germany |
| 28 August | Elizabeth Ann Seton / Saint / United States of America |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1774:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 14 September | Lord William Bentic / British soldier / India |