Historical Events In 1785
Sunday, 28 February 2021
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 On this day in history kamehameha, the king of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi.
May 06 On this day in history arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller
May 08 Pietro Longhi, painter, dies on this day in history.
May 09 British inventor Joseph Bramah patents beer-pump handle in the year 1785.
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 Joseph Bramah receives British patent for beer pump handles in the year 1785.
May 10 On this day in history etienne Joseph Floquet, composer, dies at 36
May 15 On this day in history karel Blazej Kopriva, composer, dies at 29
May 23 Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals in the year 1785.
May 23 William Woollett, engraver, dies on this day in history.
Jun 05 Gottfried August Homilius, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1785.
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 In the year 1785 2 French balloonists die in world's first fatal aviation accident
Jun 25 In the year 1785 pierre Talon, composer, dies at 63
Jun 27 On this day in history egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84
Jul 06 Congress resolves US currency named "dollar" & adopts decimal coinage in the year 1785.
Jul 06 In the year 1785 the birth of John Paul Jones, American War of Independence hero
Jul 06 William J Hooker, English botanist/director (Kew Gardens) in the year 1785.
Jul 12 1st manned flight by gas balloon in Netherlands on this day in history.
Jul 13 Stephen Hopkins, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 78 on this day in history.
Jul 20 On this day in history mahmud II, sultan of Turkey (1808-39)/Westernizer/reformer
Aug 01 In the year 1785 caroline Herschel becomes 1st woman discoverer of a comet
Aug 01 Caroline Herschel becomes first woman discoverer of a comet on this day in history.
Aug 14 On this day in history john William Fletcher, evangelist, dies
Aug 15 On this day in history french cardinal De Rohan arrested
Aug 15 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) in the year 1785.
Aug 17 On this day in history jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies
Aug 19 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks in the year 1785.
Aug 20 Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy") on this day in history.
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