| Centuries: | 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century |
| Decades: | 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC |
| Years: | 77 BC 76 BC 75 BC - 74 BC - 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC |
| 74 BC by topic | |
| Politics | |
| State leaders - Sovereign states | |
| Birth and death categories | |
| Births - Deaths | |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories | |
| - | |
| Gregorian calendar | 74 BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 680 |
| Armenian calendar | N/A |
| Bahá'í calendar | -1917 – -1916 |
| Berber calendar | 877 |
| Buddhist calendar | 471 |
| Burmese calendar | -711 |
| Chinese calendar | 2563/2623 ([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) — to —
2564/2624([[Sexagenary cycle|]]年) |
| Coptic calendar | -357 – -356 |
| Ethiopian calendar | -81 – -80 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3687 – 3688 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | -18 – -17 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3028 – 3029 |
| Holocene calendar | 9927 |
| Iranian calendar | 695 BP – 694 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 716 BH – 715 BH |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 587 (皇紀587年) |
| Julian calendar | -28 |
| Korean calendar | 2260 |
| Thai solar calendar | 470 |
Events
By place
Rome
- Nicomedes IV, last king of Bithynia bequeaths his kingdom to the Roman Senate upon his death (75/4 BC).
- Roman forces under Lucius Lucullus defeat the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus in the Battle of Cyzicus.
- Quintus Opimius is prosecuted for overstepping his authority, and ruined by a conviction.
- Cyrene becomes a Roman province.
Spain
- Pamplona is founded.
Births
Deaths
- Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (75/4 BC)
- Emperor Zhao of Han
