Editing 1764 (section)

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* The [[Royal Colony of North Carolina]] establishes a new county from the eastern portion of [[Granville County, North Carolina|Granville County]] and names it [[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute County]] for [[John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute]], who had recently resigned his post as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister of Great Britain]].  In [[1779]] the [[North Carolina|State of North Carolina]] abolishes the county, when it forms [[Warren County, North Carolina|Warren County]] from the northern portion and [[Franklin County, North Carolina|Franklin County]] from the southern portion.
* The [[Kingdom of France|French]] government withdraws wartime taxes.
* [[Catherine the Great]] establishes the first secondary education school for females in Russia &ndash; The [[Smolny Institute]], for girls of the nobility in St. Petersburg.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bisha|first=Robin|title=Russian Women, 1698-1917 Experience and Expression: An Anthology of Sources.|year=2002|publisher=Indiana University Press|location=Bloomington, IN|pages=162–163}}</ref>{{dubious|reason=listed in both 1764 & 1765|date=November 2022}}
* [[Chief Pontiac]], participating in an armed conflict with other native tribes against British military, participates in a dialogue and exchange with the military of Britain, resulting eventually in a negotiated peace treaty.<ref>Thomas R. Church (Major) 2015 - [http://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1001264.pdf dtic.mil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113063539/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1001264.pdf |date=November 13, 2018 }} January 2015 Accessed February 17, 2018</ref><ref>[https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/clementsmss/umich-wcl-M-938bou?view=text Manuscripts division] [[University of Michigan]] Accessed February 17, 2018</ref>
* French Carthusian monks at [[Grande Chartreuse]] perfect a commercial recipe for [[Chartreuse (liqueur)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chartreuse.fr/en/home/|title=The Products of the Carthusian Fathers|work=Chartreuse|accessdate=2023-10-27}}</ref>