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1764
| 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 - Joseph Chénier, French poet (+ 1811)
- March 13 - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- May 26 - Edward Livingston, jurist and statesman (+ 1836)
Deaths
- April 15 - Madame de Pompadour
- July 16 - former Tsar Ivan VI is murdered in prison.
- September 12 - Jean-Philippe Rameau composer
- October 25-26 - William Hogarth, English painter and engraver
- November 20 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician
- Ralph Allen
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