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1770s

DecadeFrom top left, clockwise: James Cook, whose Pacific voyages continued throughout the decade; the United States Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1776; Company rule in India; Daniel Rutherford, whose research contributed to the identification of nitrogen; John Newton's hymn later known as Amazing Grace; Carl Wilhelm Scheele, known for his work in chemistry; the Boston Tea Party of 1773; and the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 lead to now-Russia's first occupation of Crimea; initiating Russia's influence over Crimea that has since persisted today.The 1770s (pronounced "seventeen-seventies") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1770, and ended on December 31, 1779.

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