Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1785 Year nav 1785 C18 year in topic NOTOC Year 1785 Roman numerals MDCCLXXXV was a common year starting on Saturday link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11 day slower Julian calendar . Events onlyinclude January&ndash June January 1 &ndash The first issue of the Daily Universal Register , later known as The Times , is published in London . January 7 &ndash France Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard and United States America n John Jeffries travel from Dover, England Dover , England to Calais , France in a hydrogen gas balloon , becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air. January ... Wessel , Norwegian author b. 1742 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT 1785 Category 1785 af 1785 am 1785 . . . ar 1785 an 1785 ast 1785 gn 1785 az 1785 bn zh min nan 1785 n map bms 1785 be 1785 be x old 1785 bh bcl 1785 bs 1785 br 1785 bg 1785 ca 1785 cv 1785 cs 1785 co 1785 cy 1785 da 1785 de 1785 et 1785 el 1785 myv 1785 es 1785 eo 1785 eu 1785 fa fr 1785 fy 1785 ga 1785 gd 1785 gl 1785 gan 1785 ko 1785 hy 1785 hi hr 1785. io 1785 bpy id 1785 ia 1785 os 1785 is 1785 it 1785 he 1785 jv 1785 kn krc 1785 ka 1785 csb 1785 kk 1785 sw 1785 ht 1785 almanak gregoryen la 1785 lv 1785. gads lb 1785 lt 1785 m. li 1785 lmo 1785 hu 1785 mk 1785 mi 1785 mr . . arz 1785 ms 1785 nah 1785 nl 1785 ne new ja 1785 nap 1785 no 1785 nn 1785 nrm 1785 nov 1785 oc 1785 mhr 1785 uz 1785 pi pnb 1785 nds 1785 pl 1785 pt 1785 ksh Joohr 1785 ro 1785 qu 1785 ru 1785 rue 1785 sah 1785 se 1785 sa sq 1785 scn 1785 simple 1785 sk 1785 sl 1785 ckb sr 1785 sh 1785 su 1785 fi 1785 sv 1785 tl 1785 tt 1785 th . . 2328 tr 1785 tk 1785 uk 1785 ur 1785 vec 1785 vi 1785 vo 1785 wa 1785 vls 1785 war 1785 yo 1785 zh yue 1785 zh 1785 ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Wurm symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth K. Reinmuth discovery site Landessternwarte Heidelberg K nigstuhl Heidelberg discovered February 15, 1941 designations yes mp name 1785 alt names 1941 CD mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.3881366 perihelion 2.0836252 semimajor eccentricity 0.0680965 period 1221.1567855 avg speed inclination 3.77688 asc node 283.42188 mean anomaly 20.16142 arg peri 246.25408 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 13.2 1785 Wurm 1941 CD is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1941 by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth K. Reinmuth at Landessternwarte Heidelberg K nigstuhl Heidelberg . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 1785 Wurm JPL Small Body Database Browser on 1785 Wurm Reflist Minor planets navigator 1784 Benguella 1786 Raahe Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Wurm Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Discoveries by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1941 beltasteroid stub de 1785 Wurm eo 1785 Wurm fa it 1785 Wurm la 1785 Wurm hu 1785 Wurm no 1785 Wurm nn 1785 Wurm pl 1785 Wurm pt 1785 Wurm sk 1785 Wurm sr 1785 Wurm tl 1785 Wurm vi 1785 Wurm yo 1785 Wurm ... more details
Events from the year 1785 in Denmark . Incumbents Monarch &ndash Christian VII of Denmark HM Christian VII Prime minister &ndash Andreas Peter Bernstorff Events Undated Births Empty section date July 2011 Deaths December 29 &ndash Johan Herman Wessel , poet b. 1742 in Norway 1742 References reflist See also Commons category 1785 in Denmark Denmark year nav DEFAULTSORT 1785 In Denmark Category 1785 in Denmark Category 1785 by country Denmark Category Years of the 18th century in Denmark ... more details
YearInIrelandNav 1785 Empty section date September 2010 Events Richard Crosbie successfully flies in a hot air balloon from Ranelagh Gardens to Clontarf . Births 24 June Alexander Porter , United States Senator for Louisiana d. 1844 in Ireland 1844 . 7 December William Francis Patrick Napier , soldier and military historian d. 1860 in Ireland 1860 . Edward Bransfield , master in the Royal Navy d. 1852 in Ireland 1852 . Ellen Hutchins , botanist d. 1815 in Ireland 1815 . Deaths DEFAULTSORT 1785 In Ireland Category Years of the 18th century in Ireland Category 1785 by country Ireland Category 1785 in Ireland Category 1780s in Ireland ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic2 1785 literature poetry Events January 1 First publication of the Daily Universal Register later The Times Thomas Warton becomes Poet Laureate The first steam powered cotton spinner was made by Matthew Bolton and James Watt . Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne Mary Bowes is abducted by her estranged husband, Andrew Robinson Stoney . New books James Boswell Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson Edmund Burke Speech on the Nabob of Arcot s Debts Francis Grose A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Samuel Johnson Prayers and Meditations Works Immanuel Kant Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals William Paley The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy Clara Reeve The Progress of Romance Thomas Reid Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man John Scott of Amwell John Scott Critical Essays on Some of the Poems Poetry main 1785 in poetry J nos Bacsanyi The Valour of the Magyars Samuel Egerton Brydges Sonnets and other Poems William Combe The Royal Dream William Cowper The Task poem The Task George Crabbe The News Paper William Hayley A Philosophical, Historical and Moral Essay on Old Maids Samuel Johnson The Poetical Works Edward Lovibond Poems Friedrich Schiller Ode to Joy John Wolcot as Peter Pindar The Lousiad Robert Burns To A Mouse Lyric Odes, for the Year 1785 Ann Yearsley Poems Fiction Anna Maria Bennett Anna Elizabeth Blower Maria Richard Graves Eugenius Karl Philipp Moritz Anton Reiser to 1790 Marquis de Sade 120 Days of Sodom Les 120 journ es de Sodome New drama George Colman the Younger Two to One Richard Cumberland The Natural Son Elizabeth Inchbald Appearance Is Against Them John O Keefe ... Johan Herman Wessel Awards DEFAULTSORT 1785 In Literature Category 1785 books fr 1785 en litt rature mk 1785 pl 1785 w literaturze pt 1785 na literatura ru 1785 sq 1785 n literatur sv Kultur ret 1785 ... more details
Year in Wales header 1785 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1785 to Wales and Welsh people its people . Incumbents Prince of Wales George IV of the United Kingdom George, Prince Regent Princess of Wales vacant Events Sir Joshua Reynolds paints the Prince of Wales. The Mona Mine Company is formed by Thomas Williams of Llanidan and Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge . Richard Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn Richard Pennant buys out the Yonge family of Devon and comes into possession of the whole of the Penrhyn estate. Griffith Rowlands becomes surgeon to Chester city hospital. Arts and literature New books Florence Miscellany including poems by Hester Thrale Nathaniel Williams Darllen Dwfr a Meddyginiaeth Births December Richard Jones Gwyndaf Eryri , poet died 1848 December 24 William Bruce Knight , clergyman and scholar died 1845 date unknown William Owen , historian died 1864 Deaths February 2 John Josiah Guest John Guest , industrialist, 63 October 20 David Jones of Trefriw , poet, 77? Category 1785 by country Wales Category 1785 in Great Britain Wales ... more details
1785 in sports describes the year s events in world sport. Boxing Events With Duggan Fearns inactive or retired, the Championship of England title remains vacant until 1787. ref http www.cyberboxingzone.com boxing barenuk.htm Cyber Boxing Zone English bare knuckle champions . Retrieved on 7 November 2009. ref Cricket Events First definite mention in the sources of William Beldham . The rise of the White Conduit Club foreshadows a shift of direction by cricket s hierarchy from rural Hampshire to metropolitan London. England Champion County ref An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. ref Berkshire county cricket teams Berkshire Most runs ref name cards Note that scorecards created in the 18th century are not necessarily accurate or complete therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and the missing data prevents effective computation of averages ref Richard Stanford cricketer Richard Stanford 124 Most wickets ref name cards Richard Hosmer 7 Horse racing England Epsom Derby Aimwell Epsom Oaks Trifle St. Leger Stakes Cowslip References Reflist Sports by year to 1850 Category Sports by year 1785 Category 1785 in sports sport year stub sv Sport ret 1785 ... more details
Year in Norway 1785 Events Empty section date July 2010 Arts and literature Empty section date July 2010 Births 1 August Georg Jacob Bull , jurist and politician d. 1854 in Norway 1854 Full date unknown Gustav Peter Blom , politician d. 1869 in Norway 1869 Michel Nielsen Grendahl , politician Knut Mevasstaul , Rosemaling rose painter d. 1862 in Norway 1862 Deaths 29 December Johan Herman Wessel , poet b. 1742 in Norway 1742 Years in Norway during the union with Denmark nav Category 1785 in Europe Norway ... more details
Year nav topic 1785 science The year 1785 in science and technology involved some significant events. Aviation January 7 France Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard and United States American John Jeffries travel from Dover , England to Calais , France in a gas balloon , becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air. Biology Antoine Fran ois, comte de Fourcroy Antoine Fran ois and tienne Louis Geoffroy publish Entomologia Parisiensis, sive, Catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur ... . John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute , publishes Botanical Tables, containing the different families of British plants . Earth sciences March&ndash July James Hutton s Theory of the Earth is first presented, at the Royal Society of Edinburgh . ref cite journal first James last Hutton title Theory of the Earth or an Investigation of the Laws observable in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe journal Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh volume 1 issue 2 pages 209 304 url http www.uwmc.uwc.edu geography hutton hutton.htm year 1788 accessdate 2011 10 12 ref Exploration Andr Michaux is sent by the French government to North America to look for new plant s. Mathematics The Marquis de Condorcet publishes http gallica.bnf.fr ark 12148 bpt6k417181 Essai sur l application de l analyse la probabilit des d cisions rendues la pluralit des voix including his voting paradox , the Condorcet method of voting and his Condorcet s jury theorem jury theorem . Medicine William Withering publishes An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses . Awards Copley Medal William Roy Births January 15 William Prout , chemist died 1850 in science 1850 February 26 Anna Sundstr m , chemist died 1871 in science 1871 March 22 Adam Sedgwick , geologist ... reflist Category 1785 in science fr 1785 en science hu 1785 a tudom nyban mk 1785 sv Vetenskaps ret 1785 ... more details
Year nav topic 1785 art Events Joseph Wright of Derby holds a one man exhibition in London, having severed his official connection with the Royal Academy. Works See also Category 1785 paintings Births April 26 John James Audubon , naturalist and painter d. 1851 in art 1851 September 26 Charles Bird King , American portrait artist who notably painted Native American delegates visiting Washington, D.C. d. 1862 in art 1862 October 12 Henry Thomas Alken , English engraver, illustrator and sporting artist d. 1851 in art 1851 October 31 Georg Friedrich Kersting , German painter of Biedermeier style interior paintings d. 1847 in art 1847 November 18 David Wilkie artist David Wilkie Scottish painter and engraver d. 1841 in art 1841 December 23 Christian Gobrecht , engraver d. 1844 in art 1844 date unknown P l Balkay , Hungarian painter and teacher d. 1846 in art 1846 Jos Gil de Castro , Afro Peruvian painter especially of portraits of Peru s heroes d. 1841 in art 1841 probable John Edward Carew , Ireland Irish sculptor d. 1868 in art 1868 Deaths May 8 Pietro Longhi , Venetian painter b. 1701 in art 1701 August 20 Jean Baptiste Pigalle , French sculptor b. 1714 in art 1714 October 4 Alexander Runciman , Scottish painter b. 1736 in art 1736 date unknown John Hodges Benwell , English genre painter b. 1764 in art 1764 Giovanni Battista Cipriani , Italian painter and engraver b. 1727 in art 1727 William Cochran artist William Cochran , Scottish painter b. 1738 in art 1738 Pietro Gaspari , Italy Italian artist, known for veduta and Capriccio painting capriccio in etching s and paintings b. 1720 in art 1720 DEFAULTSORT 1785 In Art Category 1785 Art Category Years of the 18th century in art mk 1785 ... more details
Year nav topic 1785 music Events Composer Supply Belcher settles in Maine . Violinist Regina Strinasacchi marries Johann Conrad Schlick, cellist & konzertmeister of the Gotha ducal band. Joseph Haydn premieres the first of his Paris symphonies on commission from Count d Ogny Bands Formed Coldstream Guards Band 16 May Classical Music William Boyce composer William Boyce , Ten Voluntaries Joseph Haydn , Symphonies Symphony No. 83 Haydn 83 in G minor La poule and Symphony No. 85 Haydn 85 in B flat La Reine Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concertos Piano Concerto No. 20 Mozart 20 in D minor and Piano Concerto No. 21 Mozart 21 in C major String Quartet No. 19 Mozart String Quartet in C , Dissonance Ignace Pleyel , String Quartet Opera Gaetano Andreozzi Giasone e Medea Prosper Didier Deshayes Le Faux serment Johann Friedrich Reichardt Artemisia Antonio Salieri La Grotta di Trofonio Births February 2 Isabella Colbran , coloratura soprano d. 1845 March 6 Karol Kazimierz Kurpinski , composer d. 1857 March 19 Pierre Joseph Guillaume Zimmermann , composer d. 1853 April 4 Bettina von Arnim Bettina Brentano , composer and writer d. 1859 April 19 Alexandre Pierre Fran ois Bo ly , composer d. 1858 August 18 Friedrich Wieck , piano teacher, father of Clara Schumann d. 1873 September 5 Thomas Adams musician Thomas Adams , organist and composer d. 1858 September 25 George Frederic Pinto , keyboard virtuoso and composer d. 1805 November 2 November 2 Friedrich Kalkbrenner , pianist and composer d. 1849 November 2 Johann Leopold Fuchs , composer Deaths January 3 Baldassare Galuppi , composer b. 1706 February 19 Johann Christoph Richter , composer b. 1700 May 9 Franz Xaver Schnitzer , composer b. 1740 May 10 Etienne Joseph Floquet , composer b. 1748 May 15 Karel Bla ej Kop iva , organist and composer ... b. 1720 December 8 Antonio Maria Mazzoni , composer b. 1717 Category 1785 in music mk 1785 pt 1785 na m sica sq 1785 n muzik ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Events from the year 1785 in Canada . Events Introduction of Power loom in England for weaving cloth North West Company Strengthened far west trade through such forts as Athabasca and English River. May 18 The city of Saint John, New Brunswick is incorporated. Fredericton opens a Provincial Academy of Arts and Sciences, the germ of the University of New Brunswick 1859 . New Brunswick is separated from Nova Scotia Du Calvet proposes Canadian representation in the British Parliament, three members, each, for the Districts of Quebec and Montreal . To a proposed Elective Legislature, it is objected that French Canadians do not wish to change their customary laws, and that there are not enough fit men to compose a Legislature. Isaac Brock takes command of the 49th Foot, which would be the backbone of the British Empire forces in Canada during the War of 1812 . Mohawk Chapel , the oldest church in Ontario, was constructed near Brantford, Ontario. Births January 4 Louis Th odore Besserer , notary, soldier, politician, and businessman d. 1861 in Canada 1861 January 30 Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe , colonial administrator d. 1846 in Canada 1846 February 4 Fr d ric Auguste Quesnel , politician, lawyer, and businessman d. 1866 in Canada 1866 February 15 William Crane politician William Crane , merchant, justice of the peace, judge, and politician d. 1853 in Canada 1853 April 27 Amable no, dit Deschamps , political figure d. 1875 in Canada 1875 September 17 Jacob De Witt , businessman, politician, and justice of the peace d. 1859 in Canada 1859 November 25 Andrew Stuart Canadian politician Andrew Stuart , lawyer, politician, office holder, and author ... Peter Robinson 1785 1838 Peter Robinson , politician, Peterborough, Ontario re named in his honour d. 1838 in Canada 1838 Deaths Empty section date November 2010 BNA year nav DEFAULTSORT 1785 In Canada Category 1785 by country Canada Category Years of the 18th century in Canada 85 fr 1785 au Canada ... more details
Year nav topic2 1785 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation s poetry or literature for instance, Irish poetry Irish or French poetry France . Events Reverend Thomas Warton becomes Poet Laureate after the refusal of William Mason poet William Mason Works published in English English poetry United Kingdom William Cowper , The Task poem The Task , in 6 Books Samuel Egerton Brydges , Sonnets and other Poems , published anonymously ref name cocel Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0 19 860634 6 ref William Combe , The Royal Dream or, The P rince in a Panic , published anonymously ref name cocel William Cowper , The Task , Volume 2 of Poems , in addition to the title poem, the book includes The History of John Gilpin a poem first published in 1782 in poetry 1782 , An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. , Tirocinium or, A Review of Schools first volume of Poems published 1782 in poetry 1782 , Poems 1815 in poetry 1815 George Crabbe , The News Paper ref name cocel William Hayley , A Philosophical, Historical and Moral Essay on Old Maids ref name cocel Samuel Johnson , The Works of Samuel Johnson , poetry and prose in 11 volumes another two volumes published in 1787 in poetry 1787 and another in 1788 in poetry 1788 ref name cocel Hannah More , Sensibility A Poetical Epistle , English poetry United Kingdom ref name rmlaal Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature 1602&ndash 1983 , 1986, New York Oxford University Press ref Edward Lovibond , Poems on Several Occasions ref name cocel John Wolcot , writing under the pen name Peter Pindar ... 1785 ref name cocel Robert Burns , To A Mouse , Halloween poem Halloween Ann Yearsley , Poems, on Several ... poetry year stub Category 1700s in poetry Category 1785 Poetry Category 1785 poems DEFAULTSORT 1785 In Poetry ... more details
and elevation of Brunelleschi s dome. Architecture Latin wikt architectura Latin architectura ... identified with their surviving architectural achievements. Architecture can mean The art and science ... physical structures. The practice of an architect , where architecture means to offer or render professional ... level urban design , landscape architecture to the micro level construction details and furniture . The term architecture has been adopted to describe the activity of designing any kind of system, and is commonly used in describing information technology . In relation to buildings, architecture ... and coordination of material, technology, light and shadow. Architecture also encompasses ... and technical specifications, architecture defines the structure and or behavior of a building or any other kind of system that is to be or has been constructed. Theory of architecture Main Architectural ... Fletcher, A History of Architecture on the Comparative Method ref The earliest surviving written work on the subject of architecture is De architectura , by the Roman architect Vitruvius in the early 1st century CE. ref name Vitruvius D. Rowland T.N. Howe Vitruvius. Ten Books on Architecture. Cambridge ..., with an idealized image of neo medieval world. Gothic architecture , Pugin believed, was the only true Christian form of architecture. The 19th century English art critic, John Ruskin , in his Seven Lamps of Architecture , published 1849, ref John Ruskin, The Seven Lamps of Architecture , G ... architecture. Architecture was the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by men ... a work of architecture unless it is in some way adorned . For Ruskin, a well constructed, well proportioned ... between the ideals of architecture and mere construction , the renowned 20th C. architect Le Corbusier ... am happy and I say This is beautiful. That is Architecture . ref Le Corbusier, Towards a New Architecture ..., Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said that architecture begins when 2 bricks are put together. File National ... more details
The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed on November 8, 1785 in Fontainebleau between Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II , ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy , and the States General of the Dutch Republic United Provinces . Based on the terms of the accord, the United Provinces was permitted to maintain sovereignty over the Scheldt Estuary . However, it had to provide several concessions to the Habsburgs including payment of ten million Netherlands Dutch Dutch guilder florins and dismemberment of certain military fortifications. Overall, the treaty confirmed and reinforced the tenets of the Peace of Westphalia Treaty of M nster . ref Van Panhuys, H.F. International Law in the Netherlands . BRILL, 1978, ISBN 9028601082, p. 250. The Treaty of Fontainebleau was concluded on 8 November 1785 between the Emperor of Austria and the United Provinces. It is true that according to this Treaty several concessions were made by the United Provinces, such as the dismantlement of certain fortifications and the payment of ten million Dutch florins Florins Argent courant de Hollande but the sovereignty of the United Provinces over the Scheldt Estuary and the closing of the Scheldt were reaffirmed, in accordance with the Treaty of M nster. ref See also List of treaties References reflist Category 1785 treaties Category Treaties of the Dutch Republic Category Treaties of the Habsburg Monarchy ca Tractat de Fontainebleau 1785 fr Trait de Fontainebleau 1785 it Trattato di Fontainebleau 1785 nl Verdrag van Fontainebleau 1785 ... more details
Yearbox US 1785 Events from the year 1785 in the United States . Incumbents Sixth Confederation Congress January 11, 1785 November 4, 1785, New York, New York , Seventh Confederation Congress November 7, 1785 November 3, 1786, New York President of the Continental Congress President of the Confederation Congress Richard Henry Lee to November 4, 1785 , John Hancock from November 23, 1785 Events January 7 &ndash France Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard and United States America n John Jeffries travel from Dover, England Dover , England to Calais , France in a hydrogen gas Balloon aircraft balloon , becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air. January 11 &ndash The Confederation Congress reconvenes in New York City having previously convened in Trenton, New Jersey . January 27 &ndash The University of Georgia is founded. March 28 &ndash Delegates from Virginia and Maryland meet at the Mount Vernon Conference to deal with issues regarding use of the Pocomoke River Pokemoke and Potomac River s and the Chesapeake Bay . A suggestion to expand the interstate negotiations eventually leads to the Annapolis Convention 1786 . May 20 &ndash The Land Ordinance of 1785 is adopted by the Congress of the Confederation United States Congress to raise money by selling land acquired from the Treaty of Paris 1783 Treaty of Paris . June 1 &ndash John Adams , the first American ambassador to Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain , has his first meeting with George III of the United Kingdom King George III at the Court of St. James s . ref http www.archives.gov exhibits eyewitness html.php?section 19 John Adams Audience with King George III, 1785 ref July 6 &ndash The United States dollar dollar is unanimously chosen as the money unit for the United States the first time a nation has adopted a decimal currency coinage system . September 10 &ndash The Treaty of Amity and Commerce Prussia ... category inline US year nav Category 1785 in the United States fr 1785 aux tats Unis he 1785 ... more details
yearbox in? in rail transport cp 17th century c 18th century cf 19th century yp1 1782 yp2 1783 yp3 1784 year 1785 ya1 1786 ya2 1787 ya3 1788 dp3 1750s dp2 1760s dp1 1770s d 1780s dn1 1790s dn2 1800 1809 1800s dn3 1810s Events Empty section date July 2010 Births Unknown date births Sir William Cubitt , civil engineering civil engineer on the South Eastern Railway UK South Eastern and Great Northern Railway Great Britain Great Northern Railway s of England d. 1861 . ref cite book last Marshall first John title A Biographical Dictionary of Railway Engineers location Oxford publisher Railway and Canal Historical Society year 2003 edition 2nd isbn 0 901461 22 9 ref ref cite web first Peter last Brown title Sir William Cubitt 1785 1861 url http www.peter quita.demon.co.uk cubitt.htm accessdate 2009 12 16 ref Deaths Empty section date July 2010 See also Years in rail transport References references Category 1780s in rail transport Category 1785 in transport Rail transport Category 1785 in rail transport Rai ... more details
John William Ruxton 1721 &ndash 7 March 1785 was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament. The son of William Ruxton 1697 1751 William Ruxton of Ardee in County Louth , he married Laetitia Fitzherbert, eventual heiress of Shercock in County Cavan and Blackcastle in County Meath . He was elected to succeed his father as MP for Ardee Parliament of Ireland constituency Ardee in 1751, and sat until 1776. He was then re elected in October 1783 along with his younger brother, Charles Ruxton and sat until his death. Ardee and Shercock were inherited by the eldest son, William Ruxton died 1821 William , while Blackcastle was inherited by a younger son John. This son married Margaret Edgeworth, aunt of the novelist Maria Edgeworth . References http www.leighrayment.com commons irelandcommons.htm http www.dhs.kyutech.ac.jp ruxton ruxtons of ardee.html http thepeerage.com p38828.htm i388276 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ruxton, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1721 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 7 March 1785 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ruxton, John Category 1721 births Category 1785 deaths Category Irish MPs 1727 1760 Category Irish MPs 1761 1768 Category Irish MPs 1769 1776 Category Irish MPs 1783 1790 Ireland politician stub ... more details
List of state leaders in 1784 1784 state leaders 1785 Events of 1785 List of state leaders in 1786 1786 state leaders State leaders by year Africa Ashanti Confederacy Osei Kwame Panyin , List of rulers of Asante Asantehene 1777 1803 Kingdom of Dahomey Dahomey Kpengla , King of Dahomey 1774 1789 Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia Iyasu III of Ethiopia Iyasus III , Emperor of Ethiopia 1784 1788 Kingdom of Fouta Tooro Fouta Tooro Abdul Kaader, King of Fouta Tooro 1776 1807 Zulu people Zulu Senzangakona , List of Zulu kings King of the Zulu 1781 1816 Americas United States President of the Continental Congress Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled Richard Henry Lee , 30 November 1784 to 23 November 1785 John Hancock , 23 November 1785 to 6 June 1786 Vermont Thomas Chittenden , Governor of Vermont 13 March 1778 13 October 1789 Asia Afghanistan Timur Shah , King of Afghanistan 1772 1793 China Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor of China Qianlong , Emperor of China 1735 1796 Empire of Japan Japan Monarch Emperor Kokaku of Japan Kokaku , Emperor of Japan 1780 1817 Shogun Tokugawa shogunate Tokugawa Tokugawa Ieharu , Shogun Shogun of Japan 1760 1786 Ry ky Kingdom Sh Boku , King of Ry ky 1752 1795 Korea Joseon Dynasty King Jeongjo of Joseon Jeongjo , Rulers of Korea King of Joseon 1776 ... 1785 Josep de Boltas , Bishop of Urgell 1785 1795 Louis XVI of France Louis XVI , King of France ... of Hesse Cassel Friedrich II , Landgrave of Hesse Cassel 1760 1785 William I, Elector of Hesse Wilhelm IX , Landgrave of Hesse Cassel 1785 1821 Hesse Darmstadt Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse Darmstadt ... Vizier Halil Hamit Pasha 1782 1785 Sahin Ali Pasha 1785 1786 Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Stanis aw ... September 2010 DEFAULTSORT List Of State Leaders In 1785 Category 1785 Category Lists of state leaders by year 1785 Category 1785 in international relations de Liste der Staatsoberh upter 1785 mk 1785 ... more details
CGBY temp CGBY2 code fore 1784 year 1785 aft 1786 Great Britain Bombay and Madras Warren Hastings retires as governor general. Jamaica Alured Clarke , Governor 1784 1790 Portugal Angola Jos de Almeida e Vasconcellos de Soveral e Carvalho , Governor of Angola 1784 1790 Macau Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria , Governor of Macau 1783 1788 ... more details
Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Ship caption Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country France Ship flag File Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svg 60px Ship name Caroline Ship builder Ship original cost Ship laid down Ship launched Ship acquired Ship commissioned Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Ship captured Ship fate Ship status Ship notes Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tons burthen Ship length Ship beam Ship propulsion Ship sail plan Ship complement Ship armament Ship notes Caroline was a 200 ton ship. On October 19, 1785, under the command of Captain Nicolas Baudin, it left Nantes , France , transporting 80 Cajun Acadians to Louisiana . It landed at New Orleans on December 17, 1785. External links History and passenger manifest. http www.acadian cajun.com ship7.htm Acadian transport ships Category Age of Sail ships of France Category Acadian history Category History of Louisiana ship stub ... more details
The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the Congress of the Confederation United States Congress on May 20, 1785. Under the Articles of Confederation , Congress did not have the power to raise revenue by direct taxation of the inhabitants of the United States. Therefore, the immediate goal of the ordinance ... of 1785 put the 1784 resolution in operation by providing a mechanism for selling and settling ...&recNum 386 Journal of Continental Congress, Vol. 28, p. 375, May 20, 1785 Library of congress ref while the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 addressed political needs. The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations ... of Beginning for the 1785 survey was where Ohio as the easternmost part of the Northwest Territory ... State Route 39 becomes Pennsylvania Route 68. Image Land Act of 1785 section numbering.png thumb alt ... 20, 1785 350px Image Theoreticaltownshipmap.gif thumb alt six mile square divided into 36 mile square ... was reported to Congress April 26, 1785. It required surveyors to divide the said territory into townships ... On May 3, 1785, William Grayson of Virginia made a motion seconded by James Monroe to change seven miles square to six miles square. The ordinance was passed on May 20, 1785. The sections were to be numbered ... 1785 numbering.png left thumb Locations in Ohio using Land Ordinance of 1785 Section Numbering 250px ... . The law of 1785 embraced most of the new system. ref name howe howe07 Howe 1907 134 ref Treat ... Survey System Northwest Territory wikisource Land Ordinance of 1785 wikisource Land Ordinance of 1785 ... books.google.com books?id HiApAAAAYAAJ&pg PA58 cite book ref tre10 title The National Land System 1785 ... Survey and the Upper Mississippi Country 1977 Geib, George W.. The Land Ordinance of 1785 A Bicentennial ... History Central Land Ordinance of 1785 http www.blm.gov wo st en prog more cadastralsurvey meridians.html ... Of 1785 Category 1785 in law Category 1785 in the United States Category History of the Midwestern ... Congress Category Pre state history of Ohio fr Land Ordinance ja 1785 ... more details
otherships HMS Squirrel Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Ship caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain Ship flag Image Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg 60px Royal Navy Ensign Ship name HMS Squirrel Ship ordered Ship builder Barton , Liverpool Ship laid down Ship launched 9 May 1785 Ship acquired Ship commissioned Ship decommissioned Ship in service Ship out of service 6 March 1817 Ship renamed Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship honours Ship captured Ship fate Sold to J Cristall for breaking up Ship status Ship notes Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship tons burthen convert 563 LT t 0 Ship length convert 119 ft m 1 abbr on Ship beam convert 32 ft 6 in m 1 abbr on Ship draught Ship hold depth Ship sail plan Ship propulsion Sails Ship complement Ship armament 24 guns Ship notes HMS Squirrel was a Royal Navy 24 gun sixth rate , built in 1785 and broken up in 1817. ref name SOTRN cite book title Ships of the Royal Navy publisher Casemate author Colledge, JJ Warlow, Ben year 2010 location London pages 382 isbn 978 1 935149 07 1 ref http www.pbenyon.plus.com 18 1900 S 04380.html has some interesting facts but it s not exactly reliable References reflist See also Gasp e Affair DEFAULTSORT Squirrel 1785 Category Sixth rates of the Royal Navy Category 1780s ships UK frigate stub ... more details
Peregrine Cust 1723 2 January 1785 was a British politician and Member of Parliament MP . Family and early life Cust was born in 1723 and baptized on 19 May 1723. ref name HC cite book last title The House of Commons 1754 1790 pages 291 3 ref He was the fourth son of Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Baronet , and a younger brother of Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet Sir John Cust and Francis Cust , both future politicians. ref name HC Peregrine was educated at The King s School, Grantham , and apprenticed to a firm of linen drapers in 1739. He was sent to Holland in 1743 for his further education, where he learnt Dutch language Dutch . ref name HC Political career After investing 1,200 and having gained the interest of Charles Walcott MP Charles Walcott , Cust was elected as MP for Bishop s Castle UK Parliament constituency Bishop s Castle in 1761. He held the seat until 1768, when he was elected MP for New Shoreham UK Parliament constituency New Shoreham . ref name HC He represented New Shoreham until 1774, when he stood for Ilchester UK Parliament constituency Ilchester . Though he was declared to have been returned, a subsequent petition uncovered evidence of bribery and the election was declared void. ref name HC Cust did not stand in the resulting re election, but instead stood for Grantham UK Parliament constituency Grantham in 1776, to which seat he was elected. He represented Grantham until 1780, when he again stood for Ilchester, and this time was declared duly elected. ref name HC He was re elected to the seat in 1784, and died the following year on 2 January 1785. ref name HC Notes Reflist References cite book first Stanley T. last Bindoff coauthor Roskell, John S. Namier, Lewis ... 1793 Samuel Smith 1780&ndash 1784 with2 Benjamin Bond Hopkins 1784&ndash 1785 years 1780&ndash 1785 ... PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 2 January 1785 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cust, Peregrine Category 1723 births Category 1785 deaths Category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies ... more details
John Palmer January 29, 1785 December 8, 1840 was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York . He was born in Hoosick, New York Hoosick , Rensselaer County, New York . After completing preparatory studies, he graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts , studied law, and was admitted to the bar law bar . He then commenced practice in Plattsburgh, New York in 1810. Palmer also served as paymaster in the Eighth Regiment of the New York Militia in 1812. Palmer was elected to Congress as a Democratic Republican Party United States Democratic Republican to the fifteenth United States Congress fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817 to March 3, 1819 . After leaving Congress, he was a district attorney until 1832. For part of the year 1832, he was a member of the New York State Assembly , after which he served as judge of Clinton County, New York Clinton County until 1837, when he resigned. He was elected as a Democratic Party United States Democrat to the Twenty fifth United States Congress twenty fifth Congress March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1839 , after which he did not run for reelection. Palmer died in St. Bartholomew in the French West Indies at the age of 55. John Palmer was the uncle of George William Palmer New York George William Palmer , also a U.S. Representative from New York. References CongBio P000041 John Palmer start box s par us hs USRepSuccessionBox state New York district 12 before Asa Adgate , br John Savage Congressman John Savage after Ezra C. Gross , br Nathaniel Pitcher years 1817 1819 br small with John Savage Congressman John Savage small USRepSuccessionBox state New York district 13 before Dudley Farlin after Augustus C. Hand years 1837 1839 end box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Palmer, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1785 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1840 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Palmer, John Category 1785 births Category 1840 deaths Category ... more details
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