1774 deaths

English philosopher

Italian cardinal (1695-1774)

British artist (1716-1774)

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1697–1774)

Governor of Guadeloupe

Dutch painter (1724-1774)

English noble

Czech painter (1694-1774)

Polish sculptor

British diplomat

French engraver (1714–1777)

Tibetan lama and painter (1700-1774)

Austrian botanist (1705-1774)

Afghan highlander

French ballet dancer and choreographer

American artist (1716–1774)

British satirist

architect from Germany

French diplomat

Polish nobleman (1710-1774)

French sculptor

poet and historian

spouse of Benjamin Franklin

Italian painter (1686-1774)

nutsal of Avars

British Army general (1714–1774)

French designer (1699–1774)

French astronomer and priest (1694–1774)

Roman Catholic archbishop (1707-1774)

French academic

Scholar and Roman catholic bishop

American merchant and public official

Austrian Catholic archbishop and prince of the Holy Roman Empire

Norwegian bishop (1693-1774)

Austrian sculptor

British peer (1729-1774)

Qing dynasty rebel leader (died 1774)

British ironmaster

French organist, harpsichordist and composer

English Earl

English political philosopher and author (1720–1774)

Italian painter (1709-1774)

British earl

Irish Church of Ireland priest, writer, and art historian

French courtesan

Polish general

Japanese samurai

Concubine of Chinese Emperor Qianlong

German artist (1708-1774)

British politician and peer

18th-century Somali mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher

Irish peer

German writer

German protestant clergyman, historian, writer and hofmeister

Italian patron

Irish officer in the British Army

German magician

18th-century historian and politician