1764
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1764 (MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1764th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 764th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1764, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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Births
- March 13 – Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1845)
- September 25 – Fletcher Christian, leader of the Mutiny on the Bounty (d. 1793)
Deaths
- April 15 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (born 1721)
- November 20 – Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (born 1690)
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