Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1765
Birthdays
- March 7 - Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor of photography (d. 1833)
- March 27 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
- April 1 - Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
- April 28 - Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)
- June 15 - Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German mathematician (d. 1831)
- August 21 - William IV of the United Kingdom, (d. 1837)
- September 18 - Pope Gregory XVI, (d. 1846)
- September 22 - Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)
- September 30 - José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
- October 8 - Harman Blennerhassett, Irish lawyer (d. 1831)
- November 4 - Pierre Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
- November 14 - Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815)
- November 17 - Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
- November 20 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. 1819)
- December 8 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)
- December 22 - Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)
Deaths
- January 12 - Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
- March 3 - William Stukeley, English archaeologist (b. 1687)
- April 5 - Edward Young, English poet (b. 1683)
- April 15 - Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian scientist and writer (b. 1711)
- April 20 - Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)
- May 17 - Alexis Claude Clairault, French mathematician (b. 1713)
- July 15 - Charles-André van Loo, French painter (b. 1705)
- August 18 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1708)
- September 2 - Henry Bouquet, Swiss-born British army officer (b. 1719)
- October 10 - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset
- October 21 - Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect (b. 1691)
- October 31 - Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
- November 30 - George Glas, British merchant and adventurer (b. 1725)
- December 3 - Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
- December 16 - Peter Frederick Haldimand, Swiss military officer and surveyor
- December 25 - Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (b. 1698)
Events
- March 8 - The British House of Lords passes the Stamp Act to tax the American colonies.
- March 9 - After a public campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son had actually committed suicide.
- March 22 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
- March 24 - American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
- May 18 - Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec.
- September 21 - Antoine de Beauterne announces he had killed the Beast of Gévaudan, but was later proved wrong by more attacks.
- November 1 - The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
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