1765 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1765 in Great Britain.
Incumbents
- George III
- Prime Minister – George Grenville (Whig) (until 13 July); Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (Whig) (starting 13 July)[1]
Events
- January–April – George III suffers a malady, perhaps a first manifestation of bipolar disorder.[2]
- 8 February – Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal.[3]
- 22 March – Parliament passes the Stamp Act which is the first direct tax levied on the American colonies.[4]
- 24 March – Parliament passes the Quartering Act that requires the 13 American colonies to house British troops.[5]
- 7 May – HMS Victory is launched at Chatham Dockyard; at the beginning of the 21st century it remained the oldest naval ship still in commission.[3]
- May – James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of the steam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser.[6]
- 21 June – the British Crown.[7]
- 12 July – King George III.[8]
- 13 July – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham succeeds Grenville as Prime Minister.[9]
- 7 August – armed mutiny at Maidstone County Gaol.[10]
- 12 August –
- 2 November – the decision of the King's Bench in Entick v Carrington establishes the civil liberties of individuals and limiting the scope of executive power.[11]
Undated
- Lord Mansfield decides the landmark case of Pillans v Van Mierop in English contract law in relation to the doctrine of consideration.
- Taylors & Lloyds Bank established in Birmingham.[12]
- Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire completed.[3]
- William Tryon appointed Governor of North Carolina.[3]
Publications
- William Blackstone's influential work Commentaries on the Laws of England begins publication.[3]
- Thomas Percy's ballad collection Reliques of Ancient English Poetry.
- The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, an anonymous children's story published by John Newbery.[13]
- Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle, a collection of nursery rhymes published by John Newbery (approximate date).[14]
Births
- 2 January – Charles Hatchett, chemist (died 1847)[15]
- 13 January – Richard Westall, painter (died 1836)
- 26 April – Horatio Nelson (died 1815 in France)
- 15 June – Henry Thomas Colebrooke, orientalist (died 1837)
- 27 July – John Marshall, textile manufacturer (died 1845)
- 21 August – King William IV (died 1837)
- 24 October – James Mackintosh, Scottish-born journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and Whig politician (died 1832)
- 20 November – Thomas Fremantle, admiral and politician (died 1819)
- Approximate date – James Smithson, chemist, mineralogist and posthumous founder of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States, born in France (died 1829 in Italy)
Deaths
- 3 March – William Stukeley, archaeologist (born 1687)
- 5 April – Edward Young, poet (born 1683)
- 10 October – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1688)
- 31 October – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, military leader (born 1721)
- 30 November – George Glas, merchant and adventurer (born 1725)
- 3 December – Lord John Philip Sackville, cricketer (born 1713)
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d e f Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1765". The People'plu 7123456890 s Chronology. Thomson Gale.
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- ^ "The Quartering Act of 1765". ushistory.org. Archived from the original on 6 August 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- OCLC 6890466.
- ^ "PMs in history: George Grenville". 10 Downing Street website. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ "PMs in history: Marquess of Rockingham". 10 Downing Street website. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007. Retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ Hastings, Paul; Coulson, Ian. "Life in Kent Gaols before 1877". Here's History Kent. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ^ 19 Howell's State Trials 1030.
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- ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1750–1800". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- ^ A. H. Bullen's 1904 facsimile of Newbery's 1791 edition of Mother Goose's Melody (on-line)
- ^ "Charles Hatchett | British chemist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 April 2022.