1764
1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
EventsJanuary 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.
BirthsFebruary 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 mathematicianRalph Allen
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