Editing 1774 (section)

=== October–December ===
* [[October 10]]
** [[Dunmore's War]] – [[Battle of Point Pleasant]]: [[Cornstalk (Shawnee leader)|Cornstalk]] is forced to make peace with Dunmore at the [[Treaty of Camp Charlotte]], ceding [[Shawnee]] land claims south of the [[Ohio River|Ohio]] (modern [[Kentucky]]) to [[Virginia]].
** English explorer James Cook becomes the first European to sight (and name) [[Norfolk Island]] in the Pacific Ocean, uninhabited at this date.
* [[October 14]] – The [[Continental Congress]] in America adopts the [[Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress|Declaration of Rights and Resolves]], with 10 principles.<ref name="Carruth1774"/>
* [[October 20]] – The [[First Continental Congress]] passes the [[Continental Association]], a colony-wide boycotting of British goods. Theater performances in the American colonies are also halted, on the Congress's recommendation that the member colonies "discountenance and discourage all horse racing and all kinds of gaming, cock fighting, exhibitions of shows, plays, and other expensive diversions and entertainments."<ref name="Carruth1774"/>
* [[October 21]] – The word ''Liberty'' is first displayed on a flag raised by colonists in [[Taunton, Massachusetts]], in defiance of British rule in [[Colonial America]].
* [[October 25]] – The [[Edenton Tea Party]] takes place in [[North Carolina]], marking the first major gathering of women in support of the American cause.
*[[October 26]] – The first [[Continental Congress]] adjourns in [[Philadelphia]].
*[[November 4]] – The [[Maryland Jockey Club]] follows a recommendation of the Continental Congress and cancels its race schedule. The decision sets a precedent for other jockey clubs in the colonies, and no major races are held until the end of the American Revolution.<ref>Ann Fairfax Withington, ''Toward a More Perfect Union: Virtue and the Formation of American Republics'' (Oxford University Press, 1996) p197</ref>
*[[November 10]] – [[1774 British general election]]: Voting for the House of Commons concludes in Great Britain, and [[Frederick North, Lord North|Lord North]] retains the office of Prime Minister as his Tory coalition wins 343 of the 558 seats. [[Henry Seymour Conway]]'s Whig Party wins the other 215 seats.
*[[November 15]] – The government of the [[Republic of Venice]] allows adventurer and ladies' man [[Giacomo Casanova]] to return home after a 17-year absence.<ref>"Giacomo Casanova", by Mattia Begali, in ''Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies'' (Taylor & Francis, 2007) p402</ref> 
*[[November 20]] – [[Daniel Boone]] retires from the Virginia colonial militia in order to devote his full time to establishing a settlement in [[Kentucky]].<ref>Robert Morgan, ''Boone: A Biography'' (Algonquin Books, 2008) p152</ref> 
*[[November 25]] – [[Salawat Yulayev]], the leader of the [[Bashkirs]] rebellion against the Russian government, is captured, bringing an end to the insurrection.<ref>Charles R. Steinwedel, ''Threads of Empire: Loyalty and Tsarist Authority in Bashkiria, 1552–1917'' (Indiana University Press, 2016) p73</ref>  
*[[November 26]] – English chemist [[Joseph Priestley]] becomes the first person to discover and identify [[sulfur dioxide]].<ref>Joe Jackson, ''A World on Fire: A Heretic, an Aristocrat, and the Race to Discover Oxygen'' (Penguin, 2007) p114</ref>
*[[November 27]] – Spanish Navy Captain [[Domingo de Bonechea]] arrives at [[Tahiti]] in the ship ''Aguila'' and tries unsuccessfully to claim it for Spain and to convert the Tahitians to the Roman Catholic faith.<ref>Robert W. Kirk, ''Paradise Past: The Transformation of the South Pacific, 1520-1920'' (McFarland, 2012) p27</ref>
*[[November 30]] 
**Parliament adjourns in Great Britain, but declines to authorize any action against the rebellious American colonies, despite an address the day before by [[King George III]] and [[Frederick North, Lord North|Prime Minister North]].<ref>William Edward Hartpole Lecky, ''A History of England in the Eighteenth Century'', Volume 3 (D. Appleton and Company, 1891) p456</ref>
**[[Thomas Paine]], a native of England, arrives in America at the age 37 and soon becomes an influential advocate for the colonies' independence.<ref>Richard R. Beeman, ''Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776'' (Basic Books, 2013) p xi</ref>
*[[December 1]] – A boycott called by the Continental Congress goes into effect, as participating merchants and supporters cease the importation or consumption of products from Great Britain, Ireland or the British West Indies.<ref>Spencer Tucker, ''Almanac of American Military History'' (ABC-CLIO, 2013) p211</ref>
*[[December 6]] – Archduchess [[Maria Theresa]], the ruler of Austria, Hungary and Croatia, signs the General School Ordinance providing for education for both males and females and setting compulsory education for children aged six through 12.<ref>James B. Collins and Karen L. Taylor, ''Early Modern Europe: Issues and Interpretations'' (John Wiley & Sons, 2008) p57</ref> 
*[[December 9]] – The two month long [[Siege of Melilla (1774)|Siege of Melilla]] begins as armies led by the Sultan of Morocco, [[Mohammed ben Abdallah]], attack the North African Spanish colony of [[Melilla]] (which remains a part of Spain into the 21st century).<ref>Karen Racine, ''Francisco de Miranda, a Transatlantic Life in the Age of Revolution'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003) p13</ref> 
*[[December 23]] – King [[Louis XVI of France]] issues a declaration that, for the first time, protects "the free commerce of meat during [[Lent]]" to support the needs of "the poor whose infirmity requires them to eat meat."<ref>Jennifer J. Davis, ''Defining Culinary Authority: The Transformation of Cooking in France, 1650-1830'' (LSU Press, 2013)</ref>