1774

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s

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

• May 10 - Louis XVI becomes King of France.
• Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa III (1757-1774) to Abd-ul-Hamid I (1774-1789)
• The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America

Births

• February 11 - Hans Jarta[?], Swedish political activist/administrator/publicist.
• February 17 - Raphael Peale[?], painter
• February 24 - Prince Adolphus of Great Britain[?], seventh son of King George III
• August 12 - Robert Southey, English Romantic poet, biographer

Deaths

• April 4 - Oliver Goldsmith, playwright