1764
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1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
Events
- January 19 – John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons for seditious libel
- February 15 – The American city of St. Louis is established.
- June 21 – The English-language Quebec Gazette is established in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. As of 2005, it is the oldest surviving newspaper in North America.
Births
- February 11 – Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (d. 1811)
- March 13 – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
- May 26 – Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
Deaths
- April 15 – Madame de Pompadour, French royal mistress (b. 1721)
- July 16 – Tsar Ivan VI (murdered in prison) (b. 1740)
- September 12 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (b. 1683)
- October 25–26 – William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
- November 20 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (b. 1690)
- Ralph Allen, English entrepreneur (b. 1693)
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