1765
1765 (MDCCLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1765th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 765th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1765, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1730s 1740s 1750s – 1760s – 1770s 1780s 1790s |
| Years: | 1762 1763 1764 – 1765 – 1766 1767 1768 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1765 MDCCLXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2518 |
| Armenian calendar | 1214 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6515 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1686–1687 |
| Bengali calendar | 1172 |
| Berber calendar | 2715 |
| British Regnal year | 5 Geo. 3 – 6 Geo. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2309 |
| Burmese calendar | 1127 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7273–7274 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4461 or 4401 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4462 or 4402 |
| Coptic calendar | 1481–1482 |
| Discordian calendar | 2931 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1757–1758 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5525–5526 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1821–1822 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1686–1687 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4865–4866 |
| Holocene calendar | 11765 |
| Igbo calendar | 765–766 |
| Iranian calendar | 1143–1144 |
| Islamic calendar | 1178–1179 |
| Japanese calendar | Meiwa 2 (明和２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1690–1691 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4098 |
| Minguo calendar | 147 before ROC 民前147年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 297 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2307–2308 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1891 or 1510 or 738 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1892 or 1511 or 739 |
Events
- 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-fé parade (often an excuse for violence against Jews or Christian 'heretics') is abolished
- Josef II becomes Holy Roman Emperor
- Horace Walpole publishes The Castle of Otranto
- The birth of Mary Bryant, one of the first successful escapees from the fledging Australian penal colony.
Births
- for more information, see Category:1765 births.
Deaths
- for more information, see Category:1765 deaths.
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