Page 2: Historical Events In 1764

Jul 01   Georg Christoph Grosheim, composer   

Jul 05   Janos Lavotta, composer   

Jul 09   Ann Ward Radcliffe, English Gothic novelist (Italian).   

Jul 16   Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), murdered at 23   

Jul 17   Johann Mattheson, German composer, dies at 82   

Jul 23   In this year, James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation.   

Aug 20   Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies   

Sep 11   Valentino Fioravanti, composer   

Sep 12   Jean Philippe Rameau, French composer (Castor en Pollux), dies at 80.   

Sep 15   Friedrich Heine, composer   

Sep 17   John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society   

Oct 02   William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.   

Oct 14   Charles-Henri Plantade, composer.   

Oct 15   Edward Gibbon observes a group of friars singing in the ruined Temple of Jupiter in Rome, which inspires him to begin work on The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire   

Oct 22   Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer, dies at 67.   

Oct 25   John Adams marries Abigail Smith (marriage lasts 54 years)   

Nov 05   Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist (Newton)   

Nov 09   Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet   

Nov 16   Native Americans surrender to British in Indian War of Chief Pontiac   

Nov 20   Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies.   

Nov 26   France bans Jesuit enorde.   

Nov 30   Dieudonne Raick, composer, dies at 61.   

Nov 30   Franz Xaver Gerl, composer   

Dec 10   Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer   

Dec 22   Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of john Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet (Minderjarige Zangster)   

Feb 04   In the year 1764 birth of carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral/minister of Navy   

Feb 08   In the year 1764 birth of joseph Leopold von Eybler, Austrian composer   

Feb 11   On this day in history birth of marie-Joseph de Chénier, French poet (Cajus Graechus)   

Feb 13   In the year 1764 birth of talleyrand, France/Napolean's foreign minster   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Danske V'rker)   

Feb 22   In the year 1764 birth of alexander Campbell, composer   

Feb 28   In the year 1764 birth of robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist   

Mar 06   In the year 1764 death of philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)   

Mar 17   On this day in history george Parker, English astronomer, dies   

Mar 30   Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68 in the year 1764.   

Apr 14   Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Apr 15   On this day in history jeanne-Antoinette-Poison LeNormant d'Etoiles, Marquis de Pomador, dies   

Apr 17   Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Apr 27   In the year 1764 jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73   

May 03   In the year 1764 francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedist, dies at 53