1764

Events in 1764 2

• 1683 – 1764 Jean-Philippe Rameau French Baroque composer & theorist The dominant figure of French Baroque music and opera. His treatise on harmony laid the foundations of modern Western music theory.
• 1764 – 1845 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845) Died 17 July 1845, aged 81 Earl Grey was the British Whig Prime Minister from 1830 to 1834. His government passed the Great Reform Act of 1832 and abolished slavery across most of the British Empire. Earl Grey tea is named after him.