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List of 1774 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1774

What happened in the year 1774?

Date Event
January 21, 1774 Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
March 31, 1774 American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
May 10, 1774 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.
June 2, 1774 Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
June 13, 1774 Rhode Island becomes the first of Britain's North American colonies to ban the importation of slaves.
June 22, 1774 The British pass the Quebec Act, setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
July 4, 1774 Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
July 21, 1774 Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
August 1, 1774 British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
September 1, 1774 Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
September 4, 1774 New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
September 5, 1774 First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
October 14, 1774 American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
October 21, 1774 The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
October 26, 1774 American Revolution: The First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.