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1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). October 1764 : Battle of Buxar, a significant battle fought between the forces under the command of the British East India Company on the one side, and the combined armies of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal ; Nawab of Awadh; and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor.
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January
- January 7 - Siculicidium: the Massacre at Madéfalva (Transsylvania, Kingdom of Hungary) where hundreds of innocent Székely people were murdered by the Austrians.
- January 19 - John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons for seditious libel
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- February 15 - The American city of St. Louis is established.
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- June 21 - The English-language Quebec Gazette is established in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. As of 2005, it is the oldest surviving newspaper in North America.
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October
Battle of Buxar (October 1764) was a significant battle fought between the forces under the command of the British East India Company on the one side, and the combined armies of Mir Kasim, the Nawab of Bengal ; Nawab of Awadh; and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor. The battle fought at Buxar, a town (currently in Bihar state, India) located on the bank of the Ganges river, was a decisive battle won by the forces of the East India Company.The battle resulted into securing of Diwani rights to administer the collection and management of revenues of large areas which currently form parts of Indian states of West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh , as well as of Bangladesh. The Battle of Buxar heralded the establishment of the rule of the East India Company in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent.
November
- November 9 - Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
- November 16 - Chief Pontiac surrenders to the British
December
Ongoing events
- War of the Regulation (1764-1771)
Births
- February 11 - Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (d. 1811)
- March 13 - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
- April 3 - John Abernethy, English surgeon (d. 1831)
- April 13 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (d. 1830)
- May 5 - Robert Craufurd, British general (d. 1812)
- May 26 - Edward Livingston, American jurist and statesman (d. 1836)
- June 21 - Sidney Smith, British admiral (d. 1840)
- August 13 - Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1813)
- December 7 - Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (d. 1841)
Deaths
- March 6 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1690)
- March 17 - George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer
- March 30 - Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (b. 1695)
- April 15 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1721)
- April 17 - Johann Mattheson, German composer (b. 1681)
- May 3 - Francesco Algarotti, Italian philosopher (b. 1712)
- June 29 - Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
- July 7 - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician (b. 1683)
- July 16 - Tsar Ivan VI (murdered in prison) (b. 1740)
- July 23 - Gilbert Tennent, Irish-born religious leader (b. 1703)
- September 2 - Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1700)
- September 12 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (b. 1683)
- September 23 - Robert Dodsley, English writer (b. 1703)
- September 26 - Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish scholar (b. 1676)
- October 2 - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of Great Britain
- October 23 - Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French naval officer (b. 1683)
- November 20 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (b. 1690)
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