25th January » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands at the southern tip of South America, is founded.
9th March » 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.
22nd March » The Parliament of Great Britain British Parliament passes the Stamp Act 1765 Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its British colonization of the Americas American colonies.
24th March » American Revolution: The Kingdom of Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house Armed Forces of the United Kingdom known as British troops.
23rd August » Beginning of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) or Burmese–Siamese War.
1st November » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act 1765 known as Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for Kingdom of Great Britain known as British military operations in North America.
Famous Birthdays in 1765
7th March » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography (d. 1833)
27th March » Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
1st April » Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver (d. 1810)
28th April » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (d. 1834)
15th June » Martin Baum, American businessman and politician (d. 1831)
15th June » Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1831)
6th August » Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd List of Prime Ministers of Greece e.g Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
21st August » William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)
15th September » Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)