1774
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1740s 1750s 1760s – 1770s – 1780s 1790s 1800s |
| Years: | 1771 1772 1773 – 1774 – 1775 1776 1777 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1774 MDCCLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2527 |
| Armenian calendar | 1223 ԹՎ ՌՄԻԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6524 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1695–1696 |
| Bengali calendar | 1181 |
| Berber calendar | 2724 |
| British Regnal year | 14 Geo. 3 – 15 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2318 |
| Burmese calendar | 1136 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7282–7283 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 4470 or 4410 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4471 or 4411 |
| Coptic calendar | 1490–1491 |
| Discordian calendar | 2940 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1766–1767 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5534–5535 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1830–1831 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1695–1696 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4874–4875 |
| Holocene calendar | 11774 |
| Igbo calendar | 774–775 |
| Iranian calendar | 1152–1153 |
| Islamic calendar | 1187–1188 |
| Japanese calendar | An'ei 3 (安永３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1699–1700 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4107 |
| Minguo calendar | 138 before ROC 民前138年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 306 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2316–2317 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 1900 or 1519 or 747 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1901 or 1520 or 748 |
1774 (MDCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1774th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 774th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1770s decade. As of the start of 1774, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events[change | change source]
- 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.
- The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
- The Sardinian pika becomes extinct.