1785
1st Channel Crossing
Completes the first Channel crossing in a hot air balloon
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Completes the first Channel crossing in a hot air balloon
1st to pilot a hot-air balloon across the Channel from Dover to Calais
Receives compensation while abandoning demands concerning Maastricht and the Scheldt.
An alliance is agreed between France & Holland
An alliance is agreed between France & Holland
Publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register
Demands Britain relinquish military posts along Great Lakes & in Ohio, Britain refuses
Receives Mozart's dedication of the six Haydn Quartets.
Publishes six string quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn.
Patents his invention, the Power Loom
Appointed Lieutenant en second of a Battalion in an artillery regiment
Joins his regiment in Valence. Joins his regiment at Valence
Appointed Minister of England
Patents his invention, the Power Loom
Completes Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor.
Completes Piano Concerto No 22 in E-flat major.
Receives John Adams The first American ambassador to Britain
Under the Treaty of Fountainbleus abandons his claim to Maastricht
Under the Treaty of Fountainbleau Holland recognizes Joseph s rule over the Scheldt
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
Accepts a settlement ending his territorial claim to Maastricht.
Birth of Jakob Grimm
Death of Charles Bonaparte, father of Napoleon I
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