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| Years: 1761 1762 1763 - 1764 - 1765 1766 1767 | |
| Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
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)af:1764
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