1774

1774 was a common year.

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

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.
• 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.

Births

• September 26 – Johnny Appleseed