Editing 1774 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 17]] – The first avowedly [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] congregation, Essex Street Chapel, is founded in London by [[Theophilus Lindsey]].
* [[April 19]] – The premiere of ''[[Iphigénie en Aulide]]'' by [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]] sparks a huge controversy, almost a war, such as has not been seen in Paris since the [[Querelle des Bouffons]]. 
* [[May 10]] – [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] becomes King of France, following the death of his grandfather, [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history-page.com/en/v4/y1774|title=What Happened in 1774; History-Page.com |website=History-page.com|access-date=2017-04-05}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] – The colony of [[Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]] issues the first call for an "Intercolonial Congress" that eventually is set up as the [[Continental Congress]].<ref name="Carruth1774"/>
* [[May 19]] – [[Shakers]] [[Ann Lee]] and eight followers sail from Liverpool, England for [[colonial America]].
* [[June 2]] – [[Intolerable Acts]]: A new [[Quartering Act]], requiring [[Colonial America|American colonists]] to provide better housing for British soldiers upon demand, is passed.<ref name="Carruth1774"/>
* [[June 16]]–[[June 17|17]] – English explorer [[James Cook]] becomes the first European to sight (and name) [[Palmerston Island]] in the South Pacific Ocean.
* [[June 20]] (June 9 [[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]) – [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)]]: [[Battle of Kozludzha]] – The [[Imperial Russian Army]], led by [[Alexander Suvorov]], routs numerically superior [[Ottoman Empire]] forces.
* [[June 22]] – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the [[Quebec Act]], setting out rules of governance for the colony of [[Quebec]] in British North America, enlarging its territory as far south as the [[Ohio River]] and west to the [[Mississippi River]], in the area now occupied by the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio<ref name="Carruth1774"/> and granting freedom of religion for Roman Catholics.