"El año mil ochocientos setenta y cuatro."

I gave this translation and was marked incorrect because I didn't type 'and seventy four'. The 'and' sounds unnatural to me

I thought I would try 1874 as the translation rather than typing out the entire worded translation and it did accept "The year 1874"

Wouldn't accept 1874 for me, it would only accept "El ano mil ochocientos setenta y cuatro"

The answer Duolingo gave me was: The year eighteen seventy-four.

Whaaat?? I am not a native English speaker, but that sounds weird.