Historical Events In 1764
Friday, 20 February 2026
Jan 01 John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster) 


Jan 24 Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire 


Feb 04 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy 


Feb 08 Joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer. 


Feb 11 Marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (Cajus Graechus) 


Feb 13 Talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster. 


Feb 15 Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker). 


Feb 15 St Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue 


Feb 21 John Wilkes thrown out of Engl House of Commons for "Essay on Women" 


Feb 21 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women". 


Feb 22 Alexander Campbell, composer. 


Feb 28 Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist 


Mar 05 In Quebec, Governor James Murray requires inhabitants of Quebec to declare their French money; before May 1. 


Mar 13 Charles Earl Grey, (Whig), British PM (1830-34) 


Mar 17 George Parker, English astronomer, dies 


Mar 30 Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68. 


Apr 03 Austrian arch duke Jozef crowned himself Roman Catholic king. 


Apr 03 John Abernethy, London, surgeon 


Apr 12 Dirk van den Boetzelaer, regent of Holland 


Apr 14 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84 


Apr 15 Jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies. 


Apr 17 Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82 


Apr 18 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer. 


Apr 27 Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 


May 01 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, engineer/architect (built Capitol). 


May 03 Elisabeth PMH, princess of France/son of king Louis XVI 


May 03 Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53 


May 05 Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls. 


May 10 Picander, [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies 


May 15 Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer. 


May 20 J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/lithographer. 


Jun 03 Hans A Brorson, Danish poet/bishop of Ribe, dies at 69. 


Jun 11 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74 


Jun 19 John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society. 


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