30 January 1774Farthest SouthJames Cook
Reaches about 71 degrees 10 minutes south, farther south than any recorded navigator before him, but finds only ice and no temperate southern continent
Historical records for Great Britain in 1774, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Reaches about 71 degrees 10 minutes south, farther south than any recorded navigator before him, but finds only ice and no temperate southern continent
Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea
Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea
Sends soldiers to capture a military store, they are intercepted by "minute men"
The first shots of the American war of Independence are fired
Closes the port of Boston & reduces the power of the Massachusetts legislature
Parliament punishes the American colonists for the anti-British behaviour
Requires colonists to house British troops where barracks are not available
Although it proved to be a false alarm, the Powder Alarm caused all concerned to proceed more carefully in the days ahead, and essentially provided a "dress rehearsal" for the Battle of Lexington and Concord seven months later.
British soldiers confiscate gunpowder and other military supplies in a surprise raid near Boston.
In response to the raid, amid rumors that blood had been shed, alarm spread through the countryside, and American Patriots sprang into action, fearing that war was at hand.
Burke is elected Member of Parliament for Bristol.
Death of Clive Plessey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption
Death of Clive Plessey, commits suicide in London after his trial for corruption
Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea
Publication of "Essay on the First Principles of Government",
Publication of "Essay on the First Principles of Government",
Appointed Governor General of Bengal
Thomas Cage tries to enforce the Intolerable Acts, which are designed to remove power from the towns, Samuel Adams presses for County Conventions to strengthen the revolutionary resistance
Gage tries to seat his own court in Worcester, but the townspeople blocked the court from sitting, 2000 militiamen march to intimidate the judges and get them to leave, 1st time the militia is used to block the King.
This record states: Worcester comes up with a new militia plan in their County Convention, the Convention requires that all militia officers resign, Officers are then elected by their regiments & in turn.
This record states: the officers then appoint 1/3 of their militia regiment as Minutemen.
Elected Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Midlothian
Worcester comes up with a new militia plan in their County Convention, the Convention requires that all militia officers resign, Officers are then elected by their regiments & in turn, the officers then appoint 1/3 of their militia regiment as Minutemen. Other counties follow Worcesters lead, electing new militia officers and appointing Minutemen
Watt moves to Birmingham to develop his steam engine with Matthew Boulton.
The Powder Alarm is a massive popular reaction to a raid by British soldiers under the command of General Thomas Gage, royal governor of Massachusetts, soon before the American Revolutionary War
Closes Boston harbour until the East India Company is reimbursed for lost tea
Parliament limits the legal-tender use of silver, reinforcing gold as Britain's principal monetary standard.
Herschel constructs his first large telescope
Forbids trade between New England colonies & British Dominions. Forbids American access to Newfoundland fisheries
Leaves the court Party to join the Whigs
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