What happened in 1764?

Battle of Buxar

Wars & Conflicts

_War between Alliance (Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam || ) and British

Battle of Atakpamé

Wars & Conflicts · Atakpamé

1764 armed confrontation between the Ashanti Empire and the Akan allies

Enoch Brown school massacre

Wars & Conflicts

School massacre in Pennsylvania, United States

Semyon Chelyuskin died

People · Belyov

Russian polar explorer and naval officer

Jean-Philippe Rameau died

People · Paris

French composer and music theorist (1683–1764)

Charles François Cesar Le Tellier died

People · Paris

(1734-1764)

Christian Goldbach died

People · Moscow

German mathematician

Francesco Algarotti died

People · Pisa

Italian philosopher (1712-1764)

Stepan Malygin died

People · Kazan

Russian explorer

Johann Mattheson died

People · Hamburg

German composer and theorist (1681-1764)

Nathaniel Bliss died

People · Oxford

English astronomer (1700-1764)

Peder Horrebow died

People · Copenhagen

Danish mathematician and astronomer (1679-1764)

Karl Weber died

People · Naples

Swiss ingenieur and amateuer archaeologist

Yves Marie André died

People · Caen

French Jesuit mathematician, philosopher, and essayist, best known for his Essai sur le Beau, a 1741 philosophical work on aesthetics

George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield died

People · Oxfordshire

English astronomer (1697–1764)

Nicola Tagliacozzi Canale died

People · Naples

Italian architect, engineer, engraver

Nathaniel Ames died

People · Dedham

Colonial American physician

Johann Leche died

People · Turku

Swedish physician and naturalist (1704–1764)

Giuseppe Suzzi died

People · Venice

Italian mathematician

André-Pierre Le Guay de Prémontval died

People · Berlin

French mathematician and philosopher

Joseph Smith died

People · Manitoba

British fur trader and explorer

Nicola Fiorenza died

People · Naples

Italian composer and violinist

Josep Mir i Llussà died

People · Madrid

Spanish composer (1700–1764)

Adriana van Tongeren died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch actress

Ann Radcliffe born

People · Holborn

Born in Holborn. English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel (1764–1823).

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born

People · Fallodon

Born in Fallodon. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834 (1764–1845).

José Gervasio Artigas born

People · Montevideo

Born in Montevideo. Uruguayan military leader during the War for Independence.

Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno born

People · Lamarche

Born in Lamarche. French soldier and military commander (1764-1841).

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr born

People · Toul

Born in Toul. Marshal of France (1764-1830).

John Barrow born

People · Ulverston

Born in Ulverston. English statesman (1764-1848).

Sophie de Condorcet born

People · Meulan-en-Yvelines

Born in Meulan-en-Yvelines. French salon hostess (1764–1822).

Friedrich von Gentz born

People · Wrocław

Born in Wrocław. German politician (1764-1832).

Ivan VI of Russia died

People · Shlisselburg

Died in Shlisselburg. The fifth Emperor of Russia (1740–1741).

Brera Astronomical Observatory

Science & Technology

Observatory

Academy of Fine Arts, Verona

Science & Technology

Art school in Verona, Italy

Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

Science & Technology

University

Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig

Science & Technology

Art school in Germany

Wrangel Island

Exploration & Discovery

Island in East Siberian and Chukotka Seas, Russia

Mâcon Treasure

Exploration & Discovery · British Museum

Roman silver hoard

Saint Andrew's Cathedral, St Petersburg

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral

Włodawa Synagogue#Włodawa Great Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue

former synagogue in Rakovník

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Rakovník

Istanbuli Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Jerusalem

Kasbah Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Essaouira, Morocco

Duomo di Tolmezzo

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Tolmezzo, Italy

Annunciation Cathedral in Shlisselburg

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Shlisselburg, Russia

Synagogue in Przysucha

Religion & Belief Systems

St. Ursula

Religion & Belief Systems · Niclasreuth

Filial church in Niclasreuth, Aßling, Germany

Santissimo Crocifisso

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Longiano (FC)

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Valdemoro

Chin Shan Yen Hui Chi Temple

Religion & Belief Systems · Zhishanyan

Temple in Shilin, Taipei, Taiwan

Bildstock

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural heritage monument D-4-76-189-38 (0) in Wilhelmsthal, Bavaria

Column shrine in Brno-Žebětín

Religion & Belief Systems

Bradford Friends Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Rectory in Vratislavice nad Nisou

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church building in Kolomna, Russia

Saint Demetrius church in Czarna

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Czarna, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Sternův kříž

Religion & Belief Systems · Výhon

rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church residence building in Oensingen in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland

Kyiv Arsenal

Economy & Trade · Kyiv

Company and famous factory in Kyiv

Wallendorfer Porzellan

Economy & Trade · Lichte

Company

Siculicidium

Disasters & Pandemics · Siculeni

1764 massacre

1764 Woldegk tornado

Disasters & Pandemics · Woldegk

One of the strongest tornadoes ever documented on Earth

Saint John the Baptist Church, Târgu Mureș

Architecture & Engineering · Târgu Mureș

Heritage site in Mureș County, Romania

Kvikne Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Nord-Fron, Innlandet, Norway

Vojković Palace

Architecture & Engineering · Gradec

Palace in Croatia

Nissedal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Nissedal, Eastern Norway

Église Saint-Étienne (Uzès)

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Gard, in France

Old All Saints Church, Nuneham Courtenay

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Verhne-Spaso-Preobrazhensky monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Lange Voorhout Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in the Hague, Netherlands

Svartholm Fortress

Architecture & Engineering

Fortress near Loviisa, Finland

Fort Erie

Architecture & Engineering

Former fortification in Ontario

Büyük Yeni Han

Architecture & Engineering

Caravanserai in Istanbul, Turkey

Church of St. Michael the Archangel

Architecture & Engineering

Wooden temple in the town of Humenné, Humenné district, Slovakia

Saint Catherine Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Michael Cresap House

Architecture & Engineering

Frontier home of Captain Michael Cresap, built in 1764. One of only 100 structures listed in "Colonial and Historical Homes of Maryland." Authentic centerpiece of pre-Revolutionary building in Allegany County.

Aachen Chapel of Hungary

Architecture & Engineering

Hungarian Chapel of the Aachen Cathedral

Sint-Godarduskerk

Architecture & Engineering · Bekkerzeel

Church building in Bekkerzeel, Belgium