1764
This page lists news articles and events for the year 1764.
Events that happen on the specified date are listed under Events: entries. News articles that were published on the specified date are listed under News: entries. Events that only happened in fiction on the specified date are listed under Fiction: entries and are written in italics.
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| Years: | 1761 | 1762 | 1763 | 1764 | 1765 | 1766 | 1767 |
Undated
- Event: Sugar Act of 1764 lowers the price of molasses in the British Empire, making smuggling less profitable. It is, however, part of a package of new taxes and regulations that lead to that whole "Taxation without representation is tyranny" meme in the colonies.
- News: Neith (Hypothetical Moon) is spotted by astronomers at least 8 times.
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- Event: Russian Empress Catherine II allegedly secretly orders an expedition to Spitsbergen to search for the lost continent of Hyperborea.
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