1764 in Great Britain

1764 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1764 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George III of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - George Grenville, Whig

Events

* 19 January - John Wilkes is expelled from the House of Commons for seditious libel for his article criticising King George III in "The North Briton".cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=322–323]
* 5 April - Parliament passes the Sugar Act. [ [http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm The American Revenue Act of 1764] ]
* 19 April - The Currency Act passed which prohibits the American colonies from issuing paper currency of any form.
* August - protests begin in Boston, Massachusetts against Britain's colonial policies.
* 22 October - Deposed Nawab of Bengal Mir Qasim defeated at the Battle of Buxar by the British East India Company.

Undated

* Specific and latent heats are described by Joseph Black. [cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]
* Industrial Revolution: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1750-1800|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1750-1800|accessdate=2007-08-25]
* Landscape gardener Capability Brown redesigns the gardens of Blenheim Palace.

Births

* 13 March - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1845)
* 3 April - John Abernethy, surgeon (died 1831)
* 5 May - Robert Craufurd, general (died 1812)
* 25 May - John Mason Good, writer (died 1827)
* 19 June - Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, author and statesman (died 1848)
* 21 June - Sidney Smith, admiral (died 1840)
* 5 July - Daniel Mendoza, boxer (died 1836)
* 9 July - Ann Radcliffe, author (died 1823)

Deaths

* 6 March - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1690)
* 17 March - George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer (born c. 1696)
* 29 June - Ralph Allen, businessman and politician (born 1693)
* 7 July - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, politician (born 1683)
* 2 September - Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (born 1700)
* 23 September - Robert Dodsley, writer (born 1703)
* 2 October - William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister (born 1720)
* 26 October - William Hogarth, painter and satirist (born 1697)
* 4 November - Charles Churchill, poet and satirist (born 1731)

References

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