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Hindu woman in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh wearing a bindi. A bindi (from Sanskrit bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") [1] [2] is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the centre of the forehead, originally by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists from the Indian subcontinent.
January–April – George III suffers a malady, perhaps a first manifestation of bipolar disorder. [2]8 February – Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal. [3]22 March – Parliament passes the Stamp Act which is the first direct tax levied on the American colonies.
1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1765th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 765th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1765, the ...
March 3 – Francesco Alberi, Italian painter of historical scenes and frescoes (died 1836) March 7 – Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor and pioneer photographer (died 1833) April 1 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian artist (died 1810) May 7 – Giovanni Monti, Italian landscape painter (died 1825) May 13 – Vieira Portuense, Portuguese ...
It depicts three men examining a reproduction of the Borghese Gladiator, a famous Hellenistic statue discovered in Italy. The painting was one of the first in Wright of Derby's "Candlelight Pictures" series and was originally exhibited in London, gaining much attention. [1] Four years later a mezzotint of it was made by William Pether.
American boy wears a frock with a pink satin lining over a buff-colored waistcoat and a collared shirt with wrist frills, 1765. An American girl of 1767 wears a pink satin back-fastening gown over a smock and black shoes with low heels. The Pybus Family by Nathaniel Dance-Holland. The girls wear mobcaps and a straw hat. The teenage boy has ...
Henry Bouquet [2] (born Henri Louis Bouquet; [1] 1719 – 2 September 1765) was a Swiss mercenary who rose to prominence in British service during the French and Indian War and Pontiac's War. He is best known for his victory over a Native American force at the Battle of Bushy Run , lifting the siege of Fort Pitt during Pontiac's War.
Bonhomme Richard was originally an East Indiaman named Duc de Duras, a merchant ship built at Lorient according to the plan drawn up by the King's Master Shipwright Antoine Groignard for the French East India Company in 1765. Her design allowed her to be quickly transformed into a man-of-war in case of necessity to support the navy.