1774

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.
 June 2 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let  British soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
 June 11 – Jews in Algier escape the attack of the Spanish army.
 July 21 – Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji ending six years of war. The treaty does give Russia the right to intervene in Ottoman politics to protect its Christian subjects.
 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.
 The Sardinian pika becomes extinct.
 Births 
 September 26 – Johnny Appleseed