1774

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Years: 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 - 1774 - 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779

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.
• July 21 - Russo-Turkish War, 1768-74: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending six years of war.
• 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.

Year in topic

• 1774 in Literature
• 1774 in Music
• 1774 in science

Births

• February 11 - Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist/administrator/publicist
• February 17 - Raphael Peale, painter
• February 24 - Prince Adolphus of Great Britain, 1st Duke of Cambridge
• August 12 - Robert Southey, English Romantic poet, biographer

Deaths

• January 21 - Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• April 4 - Oliver Goldsmith, playwright
• August 25 - Niccolò Jommelli, composer
• December 2 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer

Heads of states

• China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
• France
  • Louis XV King of France (1715-1774)
  • Louis XVI King of France (1774-1792)
• Holy See - Clement XIV pope (1769-1774)
• Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (1740-1786)
• Spain - Charles III King of Spain (1759-1788)
• Sweden - Gustav III King of Sweden (1771-1792)

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