  this is a list of literature-related events in 1765. ==events== * january 9 or 10 - arthur murphy introduces hester thrale and her husband to samuel johnson. * beginning of sturm und drang movement in german literature. *denis diderot completes the encyclopÃ©die. ==new books== * henry brooke - the fool of quality * the history of little goody two-shoes (anonymous, attrib. oliver goldsmith) * madame riccoboni - l'histoire d'ernestine * laurence sterne - the life and opinions of tristram shandy, gentleman (vol vii - viii) ==new drama== * isaac bickerstaffe - operas **daphne and amintor **the maid of the mill * dorothea biehl - den listige optrÃ¦kkerske * george colman the elder - the comedies of terence * charles dibdin - the shepherd's artifice * carlo gozzi - l'augellino bel verde * elizabeth griffith - the platonic wife * samuel johnson and george steevens (ed.) - the plays of william shakespeare * william shirley - electra * ramÃ³n de la cruz - el prado por la noche ==poetry== * james beattie ** the judgment of paris ** verses occasioned by the death of charles churchill * william collins - works * edward jerningham - an elegy written among the ruins of an abbey * james macpherson - the works of ossian * thomas percy - reliques of ancient english poetry * christopher smart - a translation of the psalms of david * percival stockdale - churchill defended * nicolÃ¡s fernandez de moratÃ­n - la diana o arte de la caza ==non-fiction== * william blackstone - commentaries on the laws of england * john bunyan - imprisonment of mr. john bunyan (posth.) * anders chydenius - den nationnale winsten * henry fuseli - reflections on the painting and sculpture of the greeks (transl. of johann joachim winckelmann) * oliver goldsmith - essays * william kenrick - a review of doctor johnson's new edition of shakespeare * friedrich christoph oetinger - swedenborg und anderer irrdische und himmlische philosophie * joseph priestley - a course of liberal education for civil and active life * george alexander stevens - the celebrated lecture on heads * tobias smollett - continuation of the history of england (a supplement to hume's history of england; final volume) * pedro rodrÃ­guez, earl of campomanes - tratado de la regalÃ­a de amortizaciÃ³n * benito jerÃ³nimo feijoo - opera omnia ==births== *[[january 4
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