What happened in 1774?

Siege of Melilla

Wars & Conflicts · Melilla

1774–1775 siege

Dunmore's War

Wars & Conflicts

1774 war between Virginian colonist and Native Americans

Battle of Kozludzha

Wars & Conflicts · Suvorovo

1774 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)

Battle of Kazan

Wars & Conflicts · Kazan

1774 major battle during Pugachev's Rebellion

Action of 20 June 1774

Wars & Conflicts · Black Sea

1774 naval battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)

Battle of Point Pleasant

Wars & Conflicts · Point Pleasant

1774 battle of Lord Dunmore's War

Battle of Tsaritsyn

Wars & Conflicts · Volgograd

1774 battle of Pugachev's Rebellion

Battle of Miranpur Katra

Wars & Conflicts · Miranpur

1774 battle

Battle of Chkheri

Wars & Conflicts · Chkherimela

1774 battle

First Portuguese–Ovimbundu War

Wars & Conflicts · Portuguese Angola

1774–1778 war

Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca

Politics & Government

1774 peace treaty ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74

Charles Marie de La Condamine died

People · Paris

French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)

Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin died

People · Akhmedkent

German physician, botanist, and explorer (1744-1774)

Johan Peter Falk died

People · Kazan

Swedish botanist (1732-1774)

Clement XIV died

People · Rome

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1769 to 1774

Guillaume du Tillot died

People · Paris

French politician (1711-1774)

Mikhail Levashev died

People · Russian Empire

Russian explorer (1738-1774)

Henry Baker died

People · London

English naturalist (1698–1774)

Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein died

People · Beijing

Jesuit missionary and astronomer

Michel Benoist died

People · Beijing

French scientist

Réginald Outhier died

People · Bayeux

French astronomer and priest (1694–1774)

Hassan al-Jabarti died

People · Zeila

18th-century Somali mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher

Charles Wood died

People · Wales

British ironmaster

John Day died

People · Plymouth

First recorded death in an accident with a submarine

Louis Groston de Saint-Ange de Bellerive died

People · Montreal

Canadian explorer

Joseph Marin de la Malgue died

People · Antongil Bay

Marine officer

Johann Friedrich Agricola died

People · Berlin

German composer

Christophe Moyreau died

People · Orléans

French organist, harpsichordist and composer

Henry Mossop died

People · London

Irish actor

Václav Vodička died

People · Munich

Czech violinist, music educator and composer

Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud died

People · Paris

French actor (1706-1774)

Toussaint-Gaspard Taconet died

People · Paris

French actor

François Hus died

People · Marseille

French comedian

Tatiana Mikhailovna Troepolskaya died

People · Saint Petersburg

Actress

Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert died

People · Paris

Composer

Edward Rooker died

People · London

English engraver, draughtsman and actor

James Lacy died

People · Isleworth

Actor and theatre manager

Robert Southey born

People · Bristol

Born in Bristol. English romantic poet (1774–1843).

Daniel D. Tompkins born

People · Scarsdale

Born in Scarsdale. American politician; sixth vice president of the United States (1774–1825).

Auguste de Marmont born

People · Châtillon-sur-Seine

Born in Châtillon-sur-Seine. French General, nobleman and Marshal of France (1774-1852).

Meriwether Lewis born

People · Albemarle County

Born in Albemarle County. American explorer (1774-1809).

Charles Bell born

People · Edinburgh

Born in Edinburgh. Scottish physician, painter and theologian (1774–1842).

Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall born

People · Graz

Born in Graz. Austrian explorer, translator, diplomat, orientalist (1774-1856).

Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge born

People · Buckingham Palace

Born in Buckingham Palace. British and Hanoverian Royal (1774-1850), Duke of Cambridge from 1786.

Lord William Bentinck born

People · Buckinghamshire

Born in Buckinghamshire. First Governor General of India, British soldier and statesman (1774-1839).

Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands born

People · Potsdam

Born in Potsdam. Queen consort of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1837 (1774–1837).

Ioannis Kolettis born

People · Syrrako

Born in Syrrako. Greek politician (1773-1847).

Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory

Science & Technology

Astronomical observatory in Germany

Orto Botanico di Brera

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Italy

Botanischer Garten Frankfurt am Main

Science & Technology

Botanical garden

Norfolk Island

Exploration & Discovery

External territory of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean, consisting of the island of the same name plus neighbouring islands

Vancouver Island

Exploration & Discovery

Island of British Columbia, Canada

Palmerston Island

Exploration & Discovery

Island in the Cook Islands

Toau

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Tahanea

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Tatakoto

Exploration & Discovery

Island

Fatu Huku

Exploration & Discovery

Island

Apollo Citharoedus

Exploration & Discovery · Vatican Museums

2nd-century Roman Apollo Citharoedus statue in the Museo Pio-Clementino

1774–75 papal conclave

Religion & Belief Systems

Election of Pope Pius VI

Konak Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Konak Square

Mosque in İzmir, western Turkey

Muhammad Bek Abu El Dahab Complex

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Egypt

Synagogue of Mondovi

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Mondovì, Italy

Synagogue in Biała

Religion & Belief Systems

Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Madonna delle Grazie

Religion & Belief Systems

Sanctuary in Bardi, Italy

Kazan Church, Bogoroditsk

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Bogoroditsk, Russia

Prieuré de La Réole

Religion & Belief Systems

Priory located in Gironde, in France

Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Novi Sad)

Religion & Belief Systems

Serbian Orthodox church in Novi Sad, Serbia

Lutheran church in Opekalns

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 2781

Santuario del Santo Cristo

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines

Visita de San José de Magdalena

Religion & Belief Systems

Spanish visiting station in Baja California Sur, Mexico

First Congregational Church of East Haven

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Connecticut, United States of America

Pohick Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic Episcopal church in Virginia, United States

St Patrick's Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Edinburgh

Church in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

St. Valentin

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Kottgeisering, Germany

Nose Myōkenzan Betsu-in Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Sumida-ku, Tokyo

Fukuju-in Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Koishikawa, Bunkyō-ku

Birkenstock

Economy & Trade · Neustadt (Wied)

German shoe manufacturer

Ames True Temper

Economy & Trade · Camp Hill

Manufacturing company which produces non-powered lawn and garden products

Yellow Creek Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1774 massacre in Virginia, United States

Greenwich Tea Party

Social Movements & Revolutions · Greenwich

Protest of the Tea Act in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey

Adolf Fredrik Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Stockholm, Sweden

Santissima Annunziata Maggiore, Naples

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Santa Maria in Aquiro

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos

Architecture & Engineering · Belgrade

Protected cultural monuments in Serbia

The Greek Catholic Church Saints Peter and Paul, Sibiu

Architecture & Engineering

Heritage site in Sibiu County, Romania

Dormition Church, Kondopoga

Architecture & Engineering

Misión Nuestra Señora del Santísimo Rosario de Viñacado

Architecture & Engineering · El Rosario, Baja California

Spanish mission in Baja California, Mexico

Motala Church

Architecture & Engineering · Motala

Church in Motala, Sweden

St Mary's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church that stood in Whittall Street, Birmingham, England; since demolished

St Catherine's Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Mqabba, Malta

All Saints' Church

Architecture & Engineering · Sunderland

Church building in Calvert County, Maryland

Chesme Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Travel palace in Saint Petersburg

Holy Cross Church (Tyumen)

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Petersburg, Virginia, United States

Punkalaidun Church

Architecture & Engineering · Punkalaidun parish village

Church building in Punkalaidun, Finland

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk

Architecture & Engineering · Nieuwerkerken

Church in Nieuwerkerken (Aalst), Belgium

Theatre Royal

Sports & Entertainment · Birmingham city centre

Former theatre in Birmingham, England

Französisches Komödienhaus

Sports & Entertainment

Theatergebäude in Berlin (1774-1801)

Duchy of Oldenburg founded

Empires & Countries · Oldenburg

Duchy of Oldenburg was founded, with its capital at Oldenburg.

County of Oldenburg dissolved

Empires & Countries · Oldenburg

County of Oldenburg ceased to exist, having been centered at Oldenburg.

Kingdom of Rohilkhand dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bareilly

Kingdom of Rohilkhand ceased to exist, having been centered at Bareilly.