1974 in Cape Verde

Decades:	1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;
See also:	Other events of 1974; Timeline of Cabo Verdean history

The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

April 25: the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Estado Novo regime collapsed, Cape Verde became an autonomous province
April 26: In the evening, all prisoners from the Tarrafal Camp were released
September 24: African Youth Amílcar Cabral founded, since 1991, it is now the Youth of PAICV
October 13: politician Pedro Pires returned to Praia after being exiled

v t e Years in Cape Verde (1936–present)
Colonial era	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Since 1975	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 1974 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Botswana Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Upper Volta Zambia Zaire
States with limited recognition	Rhodesia
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Djibouti Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha