What happened in 1764?
55 recorded events in 1764, including 29 in people, 10 in religion & belief systems and 8 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 2
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Battle of Buxar
_War between Alliance (Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam || ) and British
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Battle of Atakpamé
1764 armed confrontation between the Ashanti Empire and the Akan allies
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People 29
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Semyon Chelyuskin died
Russian polar explorer and naval officer
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Jean-Philippe Rameau died
French composer and music theorist (1683–1764)
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Charles François Cesar Le Tellier died
(1734-1764)
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Christian Goldbach died
German mathematician
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Francesco Algarotti died
Italian philosopher (1712-1764)
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Stepan Malygin died
Russian explorer
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Johann Mattheson died
German composer and theorist (1681-1764)
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Nathaniel Bliss died
English astronomer (1700-1764)
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Peder Horrebow died
Danish mathematician and astronomer (1679-1764)
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Karl Weber died
Swiss ingenieur and amateuer archaeologist
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Yves Marie André died
French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, best known for his Essai sur le Beau, a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics
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George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield died
English astronomer (1697–1764)
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Nicola Tagliacozzi Canale died
Italian architect, engineer, engraver
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Nathaniel Ames died
Colonial American physician
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Johann Leche died
Swedish physician and naturalist (1704–1764)
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Giuseppe Suzzi died
Italian mathematician
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André-Pierre Le Guay de Prémontval died
French mathematician and philosopher
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Joseph Smith died
British fur trader and explorer
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Nicola Fiorenza died
Italian composer and violinist
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Josep Mir i Llussà died
Spanish composer (1700–1764)
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Adriana van Tongeren died
Dutch actress
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Ann Radcliffe born
Born in Holborn. English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823).
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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born
Born in Fallodon. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834 (1764–1845).
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José Gervasio Artigas born
Born in Montevideo. Uruguayan military leader during the War for Independence.
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Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno born
Born in Lamarche. French soldier and military commander (1764-1841).
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Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr born
Born in Toul. Marshal of France (1764-1830).
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John Barrow born
Born in Ulverston. English statesman (1764-1848).
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Sophie de Condorcet born
Born in Meulan-en-Yvelines. French salon hostess (1764–1822).
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Friedrich von Gentz born
Born in Wrocław. German politician (1764-1832).
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Science & Technology 2
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Brera Astronomical Observatory
Observatory
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Academy of Fine Arts, Verona
Art school in Verona, Italy
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Wrangel Island
Island in East Siberian and Chukotka Seas, Russia
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Mâcon Treasure
Roman silver hoard
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Religion & Belief Systems 10
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Saint Andrew's Cathedral, St Petersburg
Cathedral
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Włodawa Synagogue#Włodawa Great Synagogue
Synagogue
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former synagogue in Rakovník
Synagogue in Rakovník
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Istanbuli Synagogue
Synagogue in Jerusalem
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Kasbah Mosque
Mosque in Essaouira, Morocco
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Duomo di Tolmezzo
Church building in Tolmezzo, Italy
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Annunciation Cathedral in Shlisselburg
Cathedral in Shlisselburg, Russia
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Synagogue in Przysucha
Synagogue in Przysucha (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St. Ursula
Filial church in Niclasreuth, Aßling, Germany
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Santissimo Crocifisso
Church in Longiano (FC)
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Economy & Trade 2
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Kyiv Arsenal
Company and famous factory in Kyiv
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Wallendorfer Porzellan
Company
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Architecture & Engineering 8
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Saint John the Baptist Church, Târgu Mureș
Heritage site in Mureș County, Romania
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Kvikne Church
Church building in Nord-Fron, Innlandet, Norway
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Vojković Palace
Palace in Croatia
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Nissedal Church
Church building in Nissedal, Eastern Norway
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Église Saint-Étienne (Uzès)
Church located in Gard, in France
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Old All Saints Church, Nuneham Courtenay
Church in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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Verhne-Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery
Verhne-Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery (Architecture & Engineering).
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Lange Voorhout Palace
Palace in the Hague, Netherlands
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