- 1774 in Great Britain
Events from the year
1774 in theKingdom of Great Britain .Incumbents
*Monarch -
George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister -Frederick North, Lord North ,Tory Events
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2 January - The Society of Antiquaries open the coffin of King Edward I and discover that his body has been perfectly preserved for 467 years. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858]
*31 March -American Revolutionary War : Britain orders the port ofBoston, Massachusetts closed in theBoston Port Act .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=328]
*2 June -Intolerable Acts : TheQuartering Act , requiring American colonists to let British soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
*22 June -Quebec Act passed setting out rules of governance for the colony ofQuebec inBritish North America .
*1 August - Independent discovery ofOxygen byJoseph Priestley . ["Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air" Priestley 1775]
*4 October - Ahighwayman robs Prime MinisterFrederick North, Lord North nearChiswick .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 226-227|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]Publications
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Luke Hansard begins printing the transcripts of parliamentary debates.
* Methodist founderJohn Wesley 's pamphlet "Thoughts Upon Slavery" arguing against theslave trade . [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml|title=BBC History British History Timeline|accessdate=2007-09-03]Births
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29 January -Olinthus Gregory , mathematician (died 1841)
*24 February -Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (died 1850)
*16 March - CaptainMatthew Flinders , explorer (died 1814)
*12 August -Robert Southey , poet and biographer (died 1843)
*Edward Baines , newspaper-proprietor and politician (died 1848)
*Arthur Thistlewood , conspirator (died 1820)Deaths
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1 July -Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland , statesman (born 1705)
*14 July -James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley , field marshal (born1682 )
*22 November -Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive , general and statesman (suicide, born 1725)
*25 November - Henry Baker, naturalist (born 1698)References
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