The movement was particularly dominated by François Quesnay ( 1694 – 1774 ) and Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot ( 1727 – 1781 ).

* 1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

* 1774 – Robert Southey, English poet and biographer ( d. 1843 )

* 1714 – Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick ( d. 1774 )

* 1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint ( d. 1821 )

* Johnny Appleseed John Chapman ( September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845 ), also known as Johnny Appleseed, was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

* 1774 – Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist ( d. 1862 )

He was the son of sultan Ahmed III ( 1703 – 30 ) and succeeded his brother Mustafa III ( 1757 – 74 ) on January 21, 1774.

* Guillaume du Tillot ( 1711 – 1774 ), politician

** Louis XV ( 1715 – 1774 )

** Louis XVI ( 1774 – 1792 )

** Louis IV ( 1715 – 1774 )

** Louis V ( 1774 – 1792 )

* Louis XV ( 1715 – 1774 )

* Louis XVI ( 1774 – 1793 )

* Éléments de physiologie ( 1773 – 1774 )

* 1774 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer and organist ( b. 1720 )

In 1819 Brewster undertook further editorial work by establishing, in conjunction with Robert Jameson ( 1774 – 1854 ), the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, which took the place of the Edinburgh magazine.

* Mary Parker Jr ( 1774 – 1859 )

* 1722 – Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer ( d. 1774 )

* 1774 – Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge ( d. 1850 )

* 1710 – King Louis XV of France ( d. 1774 )

* 1774 – Hans Järta, Swedish political activist ( d. 1847 )

***** HH Princess Caroline of Gloucester ( 1774 – 1775 )

** Princess Charlotte, his wife and widow ( as of 1774 ; Queen from 1809 )

His first wife was born on 9 July 1774, and had been Lady-in-Waiting since 1795 to Caroline of Brunswick, Princess of Wales.

* Princess Caroline of Gloucester ( b. 1774 )

" contes philosophique " " The Princess of Babylon " ( 1768 ) and " The White Bull " ( 1774 ), and Jacques Cazotte's Faustian novel The Devil in Love.

The Princess would have her fourth child Juliane, Princess of Hesse on January 19, 1773 before leaving Norway and moving into Louisenlund Castle in 1774.

* Princess Yevdokiya Borisovna Yusupova May 5 ( NS: May 16 ) 1743, Moscow-July 19 ( NS: July 8 ) 1780, Saint Petersburg ), married on March 6, 1774, Mitava ( Mittau ) ( divorced in 1777 or 1778 ), as his second wife, to Peter von Biron, the last Duke von Kurland ( 1769 – 1795 ) and the first Duke von Sagan ( 1786 – 1795 ) ( February 15, 1724, Mitava ( Mittau )-January 13, 1800, Schloss Gellenau ), without offspring

* Queen Consort Wilhelmine of Prussia ( 1774 – 1837 ) from the Netherlands

* Wilhelmine of Prussia ( 1774 – 1837 ), Queen consort of the Netherlands 1815 – 1837

Sweden and Prussia were the first to do so in 1722 and 1754 respectively ; Denmark abolished torture in 1770, Russia in 1774, Austria in 1776, France in 1780, and the Netherlands in 1798.

England abolished torture in about 1640 ( except peine forte et dure, which England only abolished in 1772 ), Scotland in 1708, Prussia in 1740, Denmark around 1770, Russia in 1774, Austria and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1776, Italy

He arrived in Berlin in 1774 where he spent much time with King Frederick the Great of Prussia, who took great interest in Kutuzov.

Further exportation of Escurials to Saxony occurred in 1774, to Hungary in 1775 and to Prussia in 1786.

* 1774 – Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette become King and Queen of France.

Gainsborough moved to London in 1774, and painted portraits of the King and Queen, but the King was obliged to name as royal painter Gainsborough's rival Joshua Reynolds.

Marie Antoinette ( or ; ; baptised Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna ( or Maria Antonia Josephina Johanna ); 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793 ) was an Archduchess of Austria from 1755 to 1770, a Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and the Queen of France and of Navarre from 1774 to 1792.

Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and of Navarre when her husband, Louis XVI of France, ascended the throne upon the death of Louis XV in May 1774.

* 10 May 1774 – 1 October 1791: Her Majesty The Queen of France and Navarre

Peréz made landfall on the Queen Charlotte Islands on July 18, 1774.

Only when the plump, young king acceded to the throne in 1774 did his fashion-loving Queen bring the " Louis XVI " style to court.

In 1774 almost 20 million worn guineas of William III and Queen Anne were melted down and recoined as guineas and half-guineas.

In 1774 almost 20 million worn guineas of William III and Queen Anne were melted down and recoined as guineas and half-guineas.

The Prince Adolphus, 1st Duke of Cambridge ( Adolphus Frederick ; 24 February 1774 – 8 July 1850 ), was the tenth child and seventh son of George III and Queen Charlotte.

Richard Bruce Stopford ( 1774 – 1844 ), fourth son of the second Earl, was Canon of Windsor and Chaplain to Her Majesty Queen Victoria.

Invited by his students, he visited England twice, from Easter to early summer 1770 and from August 1774 to Christmas 1775, where he was received cordially by George III and Queen Charlotte.

The Quebec Act, issued in 1774, subsequently established a special Oath of Allegiance for the Roman Catholics of Quebec that, unlike the one sworn by others, which had remained the same since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, bore no references to the Protestant faith.

He became a county magistrate, and was Member of Parliament for Christchurch from 1761 until his death, and was Comptroller to the Queen from 1774 to 1780.

Only when the young king acceded to the throne in 1774 did Marie Antoinette, his fashion-loving Queen, bring the " Louis XVI " style to court.