What happened in 1774?
84 recorded events in 1774, including 34 in people, 11 in architecture & engineering and 10 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 10
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Siege of Melilla
1774–1775 siege
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Dunmore's War
1774 war between Virginian colonist and Native Americans
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Battle of Kozludzha
1774 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
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Battle of Kazan
1774 major battle during Pugachev's Rebellion
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Action of 20 June 1774
1774 naval battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
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Battle of Point Pleasant
1774 battle of Lord Dunmore's War
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Battle of Tsaritsyn
1774 battle of Pugachev's Rebellion
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Battle of Miranpur Katra
1774 battle
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Battle of Chkheri
1774 battle
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First Portuguese–Ovimbundu War
1774–1778 war
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
1774 peace treaty ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74
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People 34
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Charles Marie de La Condamine died
French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)
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Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin died
German physician, botanist, and explorer (1744-1774)
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Johan Peter Falk died
Swedish botanist (1732-1774)
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Clement XIV died
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774
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Guillaume du Tillot died
French politician (1711-1774)
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Mikhail Levashev died
Russian explorer (1738-1774)
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Henry Baker died
English naturalist (1698–1774)
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Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein died
Jesuit missionary and astronomer
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Michel Benoist died
French scientist
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Réginald Outhier died
French astronomer and priest (1694–1774)
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Hassan al-Jabarti died
18th-century Somali mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher
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Charles Wood died
British ironmaster
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John Day died
First recorded death in an accident with a submarine
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Louis Groston de Saint-Ange de Bellerive died
Canadian explorer
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Joseph Marin de la Malgue died
Marine officer
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Johann Friedrich Agricola died
German composer
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Christophe Moyreau died
French organist, harpsichordist and composer
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Henry Mossop died
Irish actor
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Václav Vodička died
Czech violinist, music educator and composer
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Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud died
French actor (1706-1774)
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Toussaint-Gaspard Taconet died
French actor
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François Hus died
French comedian
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Tatiana Mikhailovna Troepolskaya died
Actress
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Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert died
Composer
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Edward Rooker died
English engraver, draughtsman and actor
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James Lacy died
Actor and theatre manager
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Robert Southey born
Born in Bristol. English romantic poet (1774–1843).
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Daniel D. Tompkins born
Born in Scarsdale. American politician; sixth vice president of the United States (1774–1825).
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Auguste de Marmont born
Born in Châtillon-sur-Seine. French General, nobleman and Marshal of France (1774-1852).
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Meriwether Lewis born
Born in Ivy. American explorer (1774-1809).
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Charles Bell born
Born in Edinburgh. Scottish physician, painter and theologian (1774–1842).
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Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall born
Born in Graz. Austrian explorer, translator, diplomat, orientalist (1774-1856).
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Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge born
Born in Buckingham Palace. British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786.
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Lord William Bentinck born
Born in Buckinghamshire. First Governor General of India, British soldier and statesman (1774-1839).
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Science & Technology 3
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Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Astronomical observatory in Germany
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Orto Botanico di Brera
Botanical garden in Italy
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Botanischer Garten Frankfurt am Main
Botanical garden
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Exploration & Discovery 8
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Norfolk Island
External territory of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean, consisting of the island of the same name plus neighbouring islands
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Vancouver Island
Island of British Columbia, Canada
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Palmerston Island
Island in the Cook Islands
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Toau
Island in French Polynesia
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Tahanea
Island in French Polynesia
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Tatakoto
Island
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Fatu Huku
Island
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Apollo Citharoedus
2nd-century Roman Apollo Citharoedus statue in the Museo Pio-Clementino
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Religion & Belief Systems 9
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1774–75 papal conclave
Election of Pope Pius VI
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Konak Mosque
Mosque in İzmir, western Turkey
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Muhammad Bek Abu El Dahab Complex
Mosque in Egypt
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Synagogue of Mondovi
Building in Mondovì, Italy
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Synagogue in Biała
Synagogue in Biała (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral
Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Madonna delle Grazie
Sanctuary in Bardi, Italy
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Kazan Church, Bogoroditsk
Temple in Bogoroditsk, Russia
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Prieuré de La Réole
Priory located in Gironde, in France
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Economy & Trade 2
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Birkenstock
German shoe manufacturer
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Ames True Temper
Manufacturing company which produces non-powered lawn and garden products
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Greenwich Tea Party
Protest of the Tea Act in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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Adolf Fredrik Church
Church building in Stockholm, Sweden
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Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples
Church
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Santa Maria in Aquiro
Church
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Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Protected cultural monuments in Serbia
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The Greek Catholic Church Saints Peter and Paul, Sibiu
Heritage site in Sibiu County, Romania
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Dormition Church, Kondopoga
Dormition Church, Kondopoga (Architecture & Engineering).
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Misión Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Viñacado
Spanish mission in Baja California, Mexico
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Motala Church
Church in Motala, Sweden
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St Mary's Church
Church that stood in Whittall Street, Birmingham, England; since demolished
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St Catherine's Chapel
Church in Mqabba, Malta
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All Saints' Church
Church building in Calvert County, Maryland
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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Theatre Royal
Former theatre in Birmingham, England
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Französisches Komödienhaus
Theatergebäude in Berlin (1774-1801)
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Empires & Countries 3
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Duchy of Oldenburg founded
Duchy of Oldenburg was founded, with its capital at Oldenburg.
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County of Oldenburg dissolved
County of Oldenburg ceased to exist, having been centered at Oldenburg.
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Kingdom of Rohilkhand dissolved
Kingdom of Rohilkhand ceased to exist, having been centered at Bareilly.
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