WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1774
Find out what all happened July to December 1774

New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook. (4. September 1774)

Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts (4. July 1774)

British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. (1. August 1774)

The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (26. October 1774)

First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. (5. September 1774)

Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm. (1. September 1774)

First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America. (21. October 1774)

Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war. (21. July 1774)