1774 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1774 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Events
- 31 March - American Revolutionary War: Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed in the Boston Port Act.
- 2 June - Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldiers into their homes, is reenacted.
- 1 August independent discovery of Oxygen by Joseph Priestley. [1]
- Unknown date - Quebec Act passed setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America.
[edit] Births
- 24 February - Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
- 16 March - Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer (d. 1814)
- 12 August - Robert Southey, poet and biographer (d. 1843)
- Edward Baines, newspaper-proprietor and politician (d. 1848)
- Arthur Thistlewood, conspirator (d. 1820)
[edit] Deaths
- 1 July - Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English statesman (b. 1705)
- 14 July - James O'Hara, 2nd Baron Tyrawley, British field marshal (b. 1682)
- 22 November - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, general and statesman (b. 1725)
[edit] References
- ^ Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Priestley 1775
