Notable Historical Events - 1764
1764 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 24 |
Gov Winthrop Telescope, is destroyed in a Harvard fire |
Feb 15 |
St. Louis, Missouri founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue |
Feb 21 |
John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women" |
Apr 3 |
Austrian Archduke Jozef crowned himself Holy Roman Emperor Josef II |
May 5 |
Smolny-institution forms in St Petersburg for noble girls |
Jul 23 |
James Otis publishes views on taxation without representation |
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 |
Nov 9 |
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 26 |
France bans Jesuit enorde |
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