1785

Year 1785 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * The first issue of the ', later known as ', is published in.
 * -  and n  travel from,  to ,  in a hydrogen gas , becoming the first to cross the  by air.
 * - The is founded.
 * - A hot air balloon crashes in, causing a fire that burns down about 100 houses, making it the world's first aviation disaster (by 36 days).
 * - After several attempts, and his companion, Pierre Romain, set off in a balloon from, but the balloon suddenly deflates (without the envelope catching fire) and crashes near  in the Pas-de-Calais, killing both men. Although more than a month after the Tullamore crash, some people consider this crash the world's first aviation disaster.



July - December

 * - The  is unanimously chosen as the  unit for the . This is the first time a nation has adopted a decimal  system.


 * - Fleet of French explorer leaves Paris for.
 * - is arrested in Paris - the  comes into open.


 * - occurs in.
 * - signed between  and

Undated

 * is founded in,.
 * is first used for.
 * signs to a law that a must be square.
 * British government establishes a permanent land force in the Eastern, based in.
 * The incorporates,  (named for American General ) as the new county seat for.
 * later is founded by Rev. Dr James Crombie in ,
 * publishes Letters on the Teachings of Spinoza, and starts the

Births

 * -, German philologist, folklorist, and writer (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * - Argentine military leader (d. )
 * -, French engineer and physicist (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, German poet (d. )
 * -, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. )
 * -, Scottish writer (d. )


 * -, English botanist (d. )
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, American naval officer (d. )
 * -, English satirist (d. )
 * -, English historian and antiquarian (d. )
 * -, Scottish artist (d. )

Unknown dates

 * (none)


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, English classical scholar and critic (b. )
 * -, Scottish mathematician (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, Venetian painter (b. )
 * -, French mathematician (b. )
 * -, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (b. )


 * -, Governor of the Colony and the state of Connecticut (b. )
 * -, British soldier and politician (b. )
 * -, French sculptor (b. )
 * -, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (b. )
 * -, French soldier and writer (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, English actress and playwright (b. )
 * -, Norwegian author (b. )

Unknown dates

 * (none)


 * See also .