1765 in Great Britain
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Events from the year1765 in Great Britain.

• Monarch –George III
• Prime Minister –George Grenville (Whig) (until 13 July);Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (Whig) (starting 13 July)^[1]

• January–April –George III suffers a malady, perhaps a first manifestation ofbipolar disorder.^[2]
• 8 February –Nevil Maskelyne becomesAstronomer Royal.^[3]
• 22 March –Parliament passes theStamp Act which is the first direct tax levied on the American colonies.^[4]
• 24 March – Parliament passes theQuartering Act that requires the13 American colonies to house British troops.^[5]
• 7 May –HMS Victory is launched atChatham Dockyard; at the beginning of the 21st century it remains the oldest naval ship still in commission.^[3]
• May –James Watt makes a breakthrough in the development of thesteam engine by constructing a model with a separate condenser.^[6]
• 21 June – theIsle of Man is brought under British control, theIsle of Man Purchase Act (coming into force 10 May) confirmingHM Treasury's purchase of the feudal rights of theDukes of Atholl asLord of Mann over the island andrevesting them into theBritish Crown.^[7]
• 12 July –George Grenville is dismissed asPrime Minister byKing George III.^[8]
• 13 July –Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham succeeds Grenville as Prime Minister.^[9]
• 7 August – armed mutiny atMaidstone County Gaol.^[10]
• 12 August –Robert Clive secures the rights for theEast India Company to collect taxes inBengal from Mughal EmperorShah Alam II.^[3]
• 2 November – the decision of theKing's Bench inEntick v Carrington establishes thecivil liberties of individuals and limiting the scope ofexecutive power.^[11]

• Lord Mansfield decides thelandmark case ofPillans v Van Mierop inEnglish contract law in relation to the doctrine ofconsideration.
• Taylors &Lloyds Bank established inBirmingham.^[12]
• Kedleston Hall inDerbyshire completed.^[3]
• William Tryon appointedGovernor of North Carolina.^[3]

• William Blackstone's influential workCommentaries on the Laws of England begins publication.^[3]
• Thomas Percy'sballad collectionReliques of Ancient English Poetry.
• The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, an anonymous children's story published byJohn Newbery.^[13]
• Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle, a collection ofnursery rhymes published by John Newbery(approximate date).^[14]

• 2 January –Charles Hatchett, chemist (died1847)^[15]
• 13 January –Richard Westall, painter (died1836)
• 26 April –Emma, Lady Hamilton, born Amy Lyon, mistress ofHoratio Nelson (died1815 in France)
• 15 June –Henry Thomas Colebrooke, orientalist (died1837)
• 27 July –John Marshall, textile manufacturer (died1845)
• 21 August – KingWilliam IV (died1837)
• 24 October –James Mackintosh, Scottish-born journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and Whig politician (died1832)
• 20 November –Thomas Fremantle, admiral and politician (died1819)
• Approximate date –James Smithson, chemist, mineralogist and posthumous founder of theSmithsonian Institution in the United States, born in France (died 1829 in Italy)

• 3 March –William Stukeley, archaeologist (born1687)
• 5 April –Edward Young, poet (born1683)
• 10 October –Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born1688)
• 31 October –Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, military leader (born1721)
• 30 November –George Glas, merchant and adventurer (born1725)
• 3 December –Lord John Philip Sackville, cricketer (born1713)

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