1765 in literature

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Contents 1 Events 2 New books 3 New drama 4 Poetry 5 Non-fiction 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Events

• Beginning of Sturm und Drang movement in German literature
• Arthur Murphy introduces Hester Thrale and her husband to Samuel Johnson

[edit] New books

• The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (anonymous)

[edit] New drama

• Elizabeth Griffith - The Platonic Wife

[edit] Poetry

• James Beattie -The Judgment of Paris
• Thomas Percy - Reliques of Ancient English Poetry

[edit] Non-fiction

• Anders Chydenius - Den nationnale winsten
• Tobias Smollett - A Complete History of England (final volume)

[edit] Births

• March 3 - James Mackintosh (died 1832)
• March 27 - Franz Xaver von Baader (died 1841)
• April 22 - James Grahame (died 1811)

[edit] Deaths

• March 3 - William Stukeley (born 1687)
• April 15 - Mikhail Lomonosov (born 1711)