1765 in literature

See also: 1764 in literature, other events of 1765, 1766 in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

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

New Books

• A Complete History of England (final volume) by Tobias Smollett
• The Judgment of Paris - James Beattie

Births

• April 22 : James Grahame
• March 3 : James Mackintosh

Deaths

• March 3 : William Stukeley
• April 15 : Mikhail Lomonosov