Den 20' 8br. des voor de middags een kind gedoopt van Johanna Lengton, zijnde inonegt gewonnen, met name Korstiaan van de Graaff, zijnde tot vader opgegeven Korstiaan van der Graaff, hebbende gewoond op de voorstraat bij de donkere steijger te Dordregt. Dit kind is ten doop gehouden door den moeder van de kraamvrouw met name Dijna Driessen, zijnde getuijgen Antonij Lengton en Dijna Driessen, zijn huisvrouw, de laatste alleen present.
The temperature on October 20, 1765 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by west. Weather type: donker. Special wheather fenomena: dauw. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Port Egmont, the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands near the southern tip of South America, is founded.
March 9 » After a 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 may have actually committed suicide.
March 22 » The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
March 24 » Great Britain passes the Quartering Act, which requires the Thirteen Colonies to house British troops.
August 12 » Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
November 1 » The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the Thirteen Colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
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