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

• March 3 – James Mackintosh
• March 27 – Franz Xaver von Baader
• April 22 – James Grahame

Deaths

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