Page 2: Historical Events In 1785

Apr 26   Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1785.   

Apr 26   On this day in history the birth of John James Audubon, American naturalist painter   

Apr 30   Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65 in the year 1785.   

May 01   Kamehameha, the king of HawaiÊ»i defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of HawaiÊ»i on this day in history.   

May 06   In the year 1785 arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller   

May 08   In the year 1785 pietro Longhi, painter, dies   

May 09   In the year 1785 british inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle   

May 09   Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

May 09   On this day in history james Pollard Espy, Penns, meteorologist (Philosphy of Storms)   

May 09   In the year 1785 joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles   

May 10   Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1785.   

May 15   On this day in history karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29   

May 23   In the year 1785 benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals   

May 23   In the year 1785 william Woollett, engraver, dies   

Jun 05   In the year 1785 gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71   

Jun 06   Johann Michael Demmler, composer, dies at 36 in the year 1785.   

Jun 15   2 French balloonists die in world's 1st fatal aviation accident on this day in history.   

Jun 15   2 French balloonists die in world's first fatal aviation accident in the year 1785.   

Jun 25   In the year 1785 pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63   

Jun 27   Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jul 06   On this day in history congress resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage   

Jul 06   On this day in history the birth of John Paul Jones, American War of Independence hero   

Jul 06   On this day in history william J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens)   

Jul 12   On this day in history 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands   

Jul 13   Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer in the year 1785.   

Aug 01   Caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet in the year 1785.   

Aug 01   On this day in history caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet   

Aug 14   In the year 1785 john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies   

Aug 15   French cardinal De Rohan arrested in the year 1785.   

Aug 15   On this day in history thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater)   

Aug 17   In the year 1785 jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies   

Aug 19   Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks on this day in history.   

Aug 20   Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy") in the year 1785.   

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Jan 04   On this day in history birth of jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm, Germany, librarian (fairy tale collector)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of jakob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (d. 1863)   

Jan 23   In the year 1785 birth of carl A Agardh, Sweden, botanist/bishop of Karlstad   

Feb 12   Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838) was born in the year 1785.   

Feb 15   Claude Louis Marie Navier was born on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1785 birth of karl A Varnhagen von Ense, German officer/author (Die Sterner)   

Mar 06   Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski, composer was born on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed) was born in the year 1785.   

Jan 03   In the year 1785 death of baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)   

Jan 06   In the year 1785 haym Salomon, dies in Phila at 44, helped finance the revolution   

Jan 19   On this day in history death of jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)   

Jan 23   Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717) died on this day in history.   

Feb 06   In the year 1785 iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83), dies at 48   

Feb 19   Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1785.   

Feb 24   In the year 1785 carlo Bonaparte, Corsican attorney, dies at 39   

Apr 14   On this day in history death of william Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715)