1785

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s - 1780s - 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s

Years: 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 - 1785 - 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790


[edit] Events

  • January 1 - The Montgolfier brothers fly across the English Channel.

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

  • January 3 - Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
  • January 19 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
  • January 23 - Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)
  • April 14 - William Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715)
  • May 8 - Etienne Francois, Duke of Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719)
  • June 2 - Jean Paul de Gua de Malves, French mathematician (b. 1713)
  • June 30 - James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)
  • August 17 - Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of the Colony and the state of Connecticut (b. 1710)
  • August 26 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (b. 1716)
  • August 28 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
  • October 4 - David Brearly, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (b. 1703)
  • November 19 - Bernard de Bury, French composer (b. 1720)
  • November 25 - Richard Glover, English poet (b. 1712)
  • December 29 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian author (b. 1742)