History
1765
General
Population: 855 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Thomas Chatterton (forges Rowley poem), Thomas Percy and William Shenstone (ballads),
MJ Sedaine (social drama), Horace Walpole (Gothic novel), CF Nicolai (edits bibliothek - philosophy), ARJ Turgot (distribution of wealth)
Art includes Fragonard "Coresus et Callirhoe", Greuze "La Bonne Mere"
Music includes Mozart's first symphony at age 9
- Science: Spallanzani suggests preserving by means of hermetic sealing
- Technology: First demonstration of steam engine by James Watt
- Deaths: Poet Christian Reuter, Emperor Francis, Dauphin of France
Asia
- Burma: Inconclusive Manchu Chinese invasion of Mian (Burma) lead to nominal Burmese acceptance of Manchu suzerainty
- India: Robert Clive's first administrative reforms in Bengal - Bengal under British control
Europe
- General: Potato becomes most popular European food
- France: Death of Dauphin in France – son Louis Augustus becomes heir to French throne (future Louis XVI)
A.J. Gabriel creates Place de la Concorde in Paris
Boucher named court painter at Versailles
- German States: Bank of Prussia founded by Frederick the Great
- Great Britain: British government acquires rights to Isle of Man
Lord Nelson's future flagship the HMS Victory launched
John Montagu Earl of Sanwich invents namesake
- Holy Roman Empire: Emperor Francis I (Maria Theresa's husband) dies – son Joseph II succeeds as HRE and becomes coregent with mother
General
- Finance: Stamp Act passes in Parliament for goods in US
- Politics: Protests begin in American colonies
Colonists write Declaration of Rights
Quartering Act passes
"Sons of Liberty" spring up
Patrick Henry writes to inflame colonists
East
- Massachusetts: Boston boycotts luxury goods from Britain
South
- Virginia: Virginia assembly writes resolution against Stamp Act
West and Pacific
- Utah: Spanish explorers meet Indians of Utah when Juan Rivera crosses into Utah