Year by year · 18th century

1764

1764 in world history: 2 events, 6 births, 5 deaths, 2 works and 2 states that came to an end. 1,295 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. Battle

    Battle of Buxar

    The Battle of Buxar was fought in October 1764 in Bihar between the East India Company army under Hector Munro and the combined forces of Mir Qasim of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh and the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II.

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In the profiles

  • Cossack HetmanateCatherine II forces Rozumovsky to resign and by decree of 21 October abolishes the hetmanship, handing power to the Little Russian Collegium under Pyotr Rumyantsev.

Born in 1764 6

Died in 1764 5

Works 2

States that came to an end 2

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