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1785 Historical Event(s)
January 7, 1785
– Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
January 13, 1785
– John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
January 27, 1785
– The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
May 1, 1785
– Kamehameha I, the king of Hawaii, defeats Kalanikupule and establishes the Kingdom of Hawaii.
June 15, 1785
– Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, co-pilot of the first-ever manned flight (1783), and his companion, Pierre Romain, become the first-ever casualties of an air crash when their hot air balloon explodes during their attempt to cross the English Channel.
July 6, 1785
– The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
November 28, 1785
– The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
Who Were Born On 1785?
February 10, 1785
– Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (d. 1836)
March 11, 1785
– John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
April 19, 1785
– Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. 1858)
May 18, 1785
– John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
August 15, 1785
– Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
August 23, 1785
– Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval officer (d. 1819)
October 15, 1785
– José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and founding father (d. 1821)
October 18, 1785
– Thomas Love Peacock, English satirist (d. 1866)
October 20, 1785
– George Ormerod, British historian and antiquarian (d. 1873)
December 30, 1785
– Dorothea Lieven, Russian noblewoman (d. 1857)