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What Happened In Year 1785?

• 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 In The Year 1785?

• January 4, 1785 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (one of the Brothers Grimm) (d. 1863)
• January 6, 1785 – Andreas Mustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (d. 1860)
• February 10, 1785 – Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (d. 1836)
• February 12, 1785 – Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist (d. 1838)
• March 7, 1785 – Alessandro Manzoni, Italian writer (d. 1873)
• March 11, 1785 – John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
• April 4, 1785 – Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
• April 19, 1785 – Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer (d. 1858)
• April 26, 1785 – John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851)
• May 18, 1785 – John Wilson, Scottish writer (d. 1854)
• July 6, 1785 – William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (d. 1865)
• July 14, 1785 – Mordecai Manuel Noah, American writer and journalist (d. 1851)
• 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)
• November 18, 1785 – Sir David Wilkie, Scottish painter (d. 1841)
• November 23, 1785 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. 1853)
• November 28, 1785 – Victor de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)

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