Events Date 1765 | History by KabAstro

Treatise on Tolerance

Jan 11 Frisia bans Voltaire's book "Traité sur la tolérance" (Treatise on Tolerance) in which he called for religious toleration and targeted religious fanaticism, especially that of the Jesuits

Messier Adds to Star Catalog

Jan 16 French astronomer Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)

Mar 9 After a public 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 had actually committed suicide.

Stamp Act Passed

Mar 22 Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on American colonists, organized by Prime Minister George Grenville

Mar 24 Britain enacts Quartering Act, required colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers
May 3 1st North American medical college opens in Philadelphia
May 7 HMS Victory launched; Admiral Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, 40 years later

Harrison's Naval Longitude Clock

May 10 British Longitude Act awards clockmaker John Harrison £10,000 for the invention of a naval longitude clock [1]

May 18 Fire destroys a large part of Montreal, Quebec

Treason!

May 29 Patrick Henry's historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"

American Revolutionary and Founding Father Patrick Henry

Aug 14 Massachusetts colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
Sep 21 Antoine de Beauterne announces he has killed the Beast of Gévaudan, but was later proved wrong by more attacks
Oct 7 Stamp Act Congress (First Congress of the American Colonies) convenes in New York City to devise a unified protest against new British taxation
Oct 19 Stamp Act Congress meets in New York City, writes the Declaration of Rights and Grievances
Nov 1 Stamp Act goes into effect in British colonies
Nov 23 People of Frederick County, Maryland, refuse to pay British Stamp tax

Historical Events in 1765

Treatise on Tolerance

Messier Adds to Star Catalog

Stamp Act Passed

Harrison's Naval Longitude Clock

Treason!

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