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1765 Historical Event(s)
March 9, 1765
– After a 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 may have actually committed suicide.
March 22, 1765
– The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
March 24, 1765
– American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
August 23, 1765
– Beginning of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767)
November 1, 1765
– The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
Who Were Born On 1765?
August 6, 1765
– Petros Mavromichalis, Greek leader in the Greek War of Independence and Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
August 21, 1765
– William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
September 22, 1765
– Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)
September 27, 1765
– Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French counterrevolutionary (d. 1794)
September 30, 1765
– José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
November 4, 1765
– Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician (d. 1836)
November 14, 1765
– Robert Fulton, American inventor (d. 1815)
November 17, 1765
– Étienne-Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
December 8, 1765
– Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)
December 22, 1765
– Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)