1765

Years: 1762 1763 1764 - 1765 - 1766 1767 1768
Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).

Events

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 British Parliament passes the Stamp Act which is the first direct tax levied from England on the American colonies.
March 24 - Great Britain passes the Quartering Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops
May 18 - Fire destroys one quarter of town of Montreal, Quebec.
June 21 - The Isle of Man is brought under British control.
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.

The first true restaurant opens in Paris, where a tavern-keeper named Boulanger sells cooked dishes at an all-night place on the Rue Bailleul
Nicholas Cugnot pioneers the automobile with a three-wheel gun tractor
James Watt supersedes the 1705 Newcomen engine with a more effective steam engine
In Lisbon, the auto-da-fe parade (often an excuse for violence against Jews or Christian 'heretics') is abolished
Josef II becomes Holy Roman Emperor
The Isle of Man comes under the British crown

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