Daily Universal Register
Publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register
Historical events in 1785
64 historical records
January 17854 historical events
1st Channel Crossing
Completes the first Channel crossing in a hot air balloon
1st Hot Air Balloon
1st to pilot a hot-air balloon across the Channel from Dover to Calais
Birth of Jakob Grimm
Birth of Jakob Grimm
February 17853 historical events
Piano Concerto No 20
Completes Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor.
Death of Charles Bonaparte
Death of Charles Bonaparte, father of Napoleon I
Minister of England
Appointed Minister of England
April 17852 historical events
Invention of Power Loom
Patents his invention, the Power Loom
Patent
Patents his invention, the Power Loom
June 17851 historical events
Reception of John Adams The first American ambassador to
Receives John Adams The first American ambassador to Britain
September 17853 historical events
Haydn Quartets
Receives Mozart's dedication of the six Haydn Quartets.
Haydn Quartets
Publishes six string quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn.
Lieutenant
Appointed Lieutenant en second of a Battalion in an artillery regiment
November 17859 historical events
Lieutenant
Joins his regiment in Valence. Joins his regiment at Valence
Rule of Maastricht
Under the Treaty of Fountainbleus abandons his claim to Maastricht
Rule of River Scheldte
Under the Treaty of Fountainbleau Holland recognizes Joseph s rule over the Scheldt
Treaty of Fontainbleau
Receives 10 million guilders in compensation. Holland recognizes Joseph IIs sovereignty over part of the River Scheldt. Abandons his claim to Maastricht & free navigation of Sheldte outside his dominions
Abandonment of Maastricht Claim
Receives compensation while abandoning demands concerning Maastricht and the Scheldt.
Treaty of Fontainebleau
Accepts a settlement ending his territorial claim to Maastricht.
Alliance Agreement at Paris
An alliance is agreed between France & Holland
Alliance is agreed between France and Holland
An alliance is agreed between France & Holland
Demands Britain relinquish military posts along Great Lakes & in Ohio, Britain
Demands Britain relinquish military posts along Great Lakes & in Ohio, Britain refuses
December 17851 historical events
Piano Concerto No 22
Completes Piano Concerto No 22 in E-flat major.
Rule of Bavaria
Emperor Joseph II of Austria makes another try at attaching the Bavarian lands to his Habsburg possessions, and even contracts with Elector Charles Theodore to swap it for the Austrian Netherlands
Reballion of Romanian peasants
Suppresses the uprising of the Romanian peasants. Massacres many of the Magyar nobility
Church Properties
Instrumental in drafting a general inventory of church properties in France
Sane Wins Large Ship Design Competition
The naval architect's design for a powerful three decked warship was selected for further standard construction. The resulting expertise carried over into later shipbuilding practice.
Coulomb Law
Uses a torsion balance to measure forces between electric charges.
Electrostatic Force Measurement
Establishes the inverse-square law governing electrostatic attraction and repulsion.
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant publishes Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, developing the basis of his moral philosophy.
Travels to Lisbon
Wollstonecraft traveled to Portugal to assist her friend Fanny Blood, an experience that affected her early fiction.
Garden Book Published
The Garden formed a section of The Task, celebrating horticulture and rural observation.
Poplar Field Poem Circulates
Cowper's The Poplar Field dates from this period and laments environmental loss through a remembered landscape.
Sofa Opens the Task
The Sofa served as the opening book of Cowper's published poem The Task, turning an ordinary object into literary reflection.
The Task Published
Cowper published The Task, a six book poem combining domestic observation, landscape and moral reflection.
Timepiece Book Published
The Timepiece appeared as a book of The Task, broadening the poem's meditations on society and religion.
Winter Evening Book Published
The Winter Evening formed part of The Task and depicted private domestic life alongside wider affairs.
Winter Morning Walk Published
The Winter Morning Walk appeared within The Task and explored contemplation of the natural world.
Winter Walk at Noon Published
The Winter Walk at Noon completed The Task with meditations on creation and spiritual life.
Poet Laureate Appointment
Appointed Poet Laureate
Power Loom
Cartwright patents a mechanically powered loom for factory weaving.
Resignation of Warren Hastings
Resigns amid allegations of autocratic behavior & returns to England
Reform of Trade
Fails to create a commercial union of the British Isles
Taxation
Reduces the duty on tea in an attempt to reduce smuggling
Speech on Nabob of Arcot Debts
Burke criticized financial and political corruption connected with the Carnatic and the East India Company's interests.
Bridge Engineering Research
Paine developed plans for an iron bridge, combining mechanical experimentation with his broader reform interests.
West Indies Dispute
Clashes with colonial merchants over enforcement of imperial trade law.
Discovery of Andromeda Galaxy
Herschel observes a faint reddish hue in the core region of Andromeda and believes Andromeda to be the nearest of all the "great nebulae", and based on the color and magnitude of the nebula, incorrectly guesses that it is no more than 2,000 times the distance of Sirius
Discovery of Uranus
Produces a diagram of the shape of the Galaxy with the Solar System close to the centre
Uranus
The first attempt to describe the shape of the Milky Way and the position of the Sun within it is carried out by William Herschel carefully counting the number of stars in different regions of the sky
Early Distance Estimate for Andromeda
Notes the appearance of the Andromeda nebula and attempts an early estimate of its distance, still treating it as a nearby great nebula.
Theory of the Earth
Publication of "Theory of the Earth"
Industrial Revolution
From 1785, imports decreased because of the new iron making technology, and Britain became an exporter of bar iron as well as manufactured wrought iron consumer goods
Invention of Steam Engine
1st Boulton & Watt steam engines are used for spinning at a factory in Nottinghamshire
Lunar Society
Joins Birmingham scientific circles while pursuing experiments in chemistry and electricity.
Prime Minister of Naples
Appointed Prime Minister of Naples
Lieutenant
Appointed Lieutenant aboard the Hebe, 40 gun frigate
Frances Nisbet
Meets Frances Nisbet while stationed in the Caribbean.
Birth of Edward Bransfield
Edward Bransfield is born at Ballinacurra in County Cork and later becomes a naval navigator associated with the first charting of the Antarctic mainland.
Constitution of Russia
The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial Government
Charter
The nobles are granted full control over their serfs and lands. The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial Government. Noble status is made hereditary
Reform of Nobility Rights
The Nobility Charter grants limited rights of noble assembly & provincial Government
Rule of Alaska
Catherine II encourages the colonization of Alaska
National Lands
Townships divided into sections & sold to developers for not less than $1 per acre. Public lands are surveyed & divided into townships