Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1765
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Literature
- Beattie, The Judgment of Paris
- Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, widely considered the
first Gothic novel
- Samuel Johnson meets Henry and Hester Thrale
- Samuel Johnson, The Works of William Shakespeare
- Percy, Reliques of Ancient English Poetry
- Laurence Sterne again travels to the Continent
Theatre
Art
Music
- Johann Christian Bach begins the Bach-Abel concert series (through
1781)
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- The Lunar Society is founded in Birmingham, England
- James Watt invents the condenser, later incorporated into his
steam engine
- Lazzaro Spallanzani discovers hermetic sealing as a means of
preserving food
Politics & Law
- Grenville is dismissed as Lord Treasurer, and is replaced by Rockingham
- Edmund Burke becomes private secretary to the Marquis of Rockingham and
an MP
- March: Parliament passes the Stamp Act to tax the American colonists
- Grafton becomes Secretary of State
- Newcastle becomes Lord of the Privy Seal
- William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (through
1769)
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- Birth of Sir James Mackintosh
- Death of Mallet
- Death of Ridley
- Death of Edward Young
Miscellaneous
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