Riot after election of King Kalākaua

1874 treaty between Great Britain and Perak

1874 treaty between Chile and Bolivia

Alliance between the Ashantis and the British

1874 battle of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War

Japanese invasion of Taiwan — punitive expedition to Formosa (Taiwan), first foreign military campaign after the Meiji Ishin (Meiji Restoration)

1874 battle in Hutchinson County

Conflict between two groups in Southern Brazil in 1873 and 1874

Fought in November 1874 during the Yavapai War

Transit of Venus — astronomical transit of Venus across the Sun