Notable Historical Events - 1774
1774 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 11 |
Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog |
Jan 30 |
Captain Cook reaches 71°10' south, 1820km from south pole (record) |
Feb 10 |
Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit |
Feb 22 |
British House of Lords rules authors do not have perpetual copyright |
Mar 4 |
First sighting of Orion nebula (William Herschel) |
Mar 5 |
John Hancock delivers the fourth annual Massacre Day oration, a commemoration of the Boston Massacre, and denounces the presence of British troops in Boston, enhancing Hancock's stature as a leading Patriot |
Mar 7 |
British close port of Boston to all commerce |
Mar 25 |
British Parliament passes Boston Port Bill |
Mar 28 |
Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts |
Apr 19 |
CW Glucks opera "Iphigenia in Aulis" premieres in Paris |
Apr 30 |
Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee |
May 10 |
Louis XVI ascends to throne of France |
May 20 |
Britain gives Quebec, Labrador & territory north of Ohio |
May 23 |
Chestertown tea party occurs (tea dumped into Chester River) |
May 28 |
1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) |
Jun 1 |
Boston Port Bill: British government orders Port of Boston closed |
Jun 2 |
Intolerable Acts: Amendment to original Quartering Act enacted, allowed governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters not provided. |
Jun 11 |
Jews of Algiers escape attacking Spanish Army |
Jun 13 |
Rhode Island becomes first colony to prohibit importation of slaves |
Jun 16 |
Formation of Harrodsburg, Kentucky. |
Jun 22 |
British parliament accepts Quebec Act |
Jul 4 |
Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts |
Jul 12 |
Citizens of Carlisle Penn, pass a declaration of independence |
Jul 12 |
Cossack leader Emilian Pugachevs army occupies Kazan |
Jul 17 |
Captain Cook arrives in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) |
Jul 21 |
Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending the war. |
Aug 1 |
Joseph Priestley, English theologian, chemist and author discovers oxygen |
Aug 6 |
Founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrives in NY |
Aug 10 |
1st Surinam newspaper (1st Wednesday Suriname) begins publishing |
Sep 5 |
1st Continental Congress assembles at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Sep 15 |
Cossack Emilian Pugachev captured |
Oct 14 |
1st Continental Congress makes Declaration of Colonial Rights in Philadelphia |
Oct 20 |
Continental Congress orders discouragment of entertainment |
Oct 21 |
First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts and which was in defiance of British rule in Colonial America. |
Oct 26 |
First Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia |
Oct 26 |
Minute Men organized in colonies |
Dec 13 |
1st incident of American Revolution - 400 attack Ft William and Mary, New Hampshire |
Dec 14 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary |
Dec 18 |
Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia & Moravia |
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