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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
Years: 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 - 1779 - 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784
Events
- The Iron Bridge is completed across the Severn river in Shropshire; the first all cast-iron bridge ever constructed.
- The city of Tampere is founded in Finland.
- May 13 - War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives a part of its territory that was taken from them (the Inn District).
- July 16 - American Revolutionary War: United States forces led by General Anthony Wayne capture Stony Point, New York from British troops.
Births
- January 5 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer
- January 18 - Peter Roget, lexicographer (+ 1869)
- March 15 - Lord Melbourne, British Prime Minister.
- May 28 - Thomas Moore, poet (+ 1852)
- August 20 - Jons Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist.
- November 14 - Adam Oehlenschlager, Danish poet
Deaths
- January 20 - David Garrick, actor
- February 14 - James Cook (b. 1728), British naval captain and explorer, killed at Kealakekua Bay on the Island of Hawai'i.
- December 6 - Jean-Baptiste-Sim�on Chardin, French painter
- Emperor Go-Momozono of Japan
Monarchs/Presidents
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)