What Happened in March 1764

Famous Birthdays

  • Mar 1 Jeremiah Ingalls, early North-American choir master and composer (Farewell Hymn), born in Andover, Massachusetts (d. 1838)

Charles Grey (1764-1845)

Mar 13 2nd Earl Grey, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1830-34), born in Fallodon, Northumberland, England


Famous Deaths

  • Mar 6 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England, dies at 73
  • Mar 17 George Parker, English astronomer, dies
  • Mar 30 Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 68