Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1785. This year saw 21 significant events. 3 notable figures were born. 1 notable figure passed away.
John Walter publishes the first issue of his newspaper "The Daily Universal Register," which is renamed "The Times" of London in 1788
The parents of the poet Lord Byron marry - Captain John Byron and his second wife Catherine Gordon, heiress of the Gight estate in Scotland
Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
Geologist James Hutton publicly reads an abstract of his theory of uniformitarianism for the first time at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
US Congress unanimously resolves to name the US currency the "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage
Mozart publishes his 6th String Quartet, Opus 10 in Vienna
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
Continental Congress convenes in NYC
First manned balloon flight in Ireland
Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers
Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about 70 miles (110 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta.
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Dutch Republic leader Quint Ondaatje 26) demands democracy in speech at Utrecht city hall
British inventor Joseph Bramah patents the beer pump handle
Two French balloonists die in the world's first fatal aviation accident
First manned flight in Netherlands: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard lifts off in his gas balloon from Noordeinde Palace in The Hague
Caroline Herschel becomes the first woman to discover a comet
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace (French: Affaire du collier de la reine, "Affair of the Queen's Necklace") was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved...
Prussia signs a trade agreement with the US
Church of England organizes in New England
The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people
Jacob Grimm is born
John James Audubon, American french-american ornithologist, known for french-american ornithologist, was born on 1785-04-26.
Mahmud II is born
Haym Salomon, American polish-born american merchant, known for polish-born american merchant, died on 1785-01-06.
John Walter publishes the first issue of his newspaper "The Daily Universal Register," which is renamed "The Times" of London in 1788
The parents of the poet Lord Byron marry - Captain John Byron and his second wife Catherine Gordon, heiress of the Gight estate in Scotland
Benjamin Franklin announces his invention of bifocals
Geologist James Hutton publicly reads an abstract of his theory of uniformitarianism for the first time at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
US Congress unanimously resolves to name the US currency the "dollar" and adopts decimal coinage
Mozart publishes his 6th String Quartet, Opus 10 in Vienna
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
Continental Congress convenes in NYC
First manned balloon flight in Ireland
Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers
Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Downtown Athens lies about 70 miles (110 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta.
Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Dutch Republic leader Quint Ondaatje 26) demands democracy in speech at Utrecht city hall
British inventor Joseph Bramah patents the beer pump handle
Two French balloonists die in the world's first fatal aviation accident
First manned flight in Netherlands: Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard lifts off in his gas balloon from Noordeinde Palace in The Hague
Caroline Herschel becomes the first woman to discover a comet
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace (French: Affaire du collier de la reine, "Affair of the Queen's Necklace") was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved...
Prussia signs a trade agreement with the US
Church of England organizes in New England
The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people