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* [[August 15]] – [[Cardinal de Rohan]] is arrested in Paris; the [[Affair of the Diamond Necklace|Necklace Affair]] comes into the open. |
* [[August 15]] – [[Cardinal de Rohan]] is arrested in Paris; the [[Affair of the Diamond Necklace|Necklace Affair]] comes into the open. |
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* [[September 10]] – The [[United States]] and the Kingdom of [[Prussia]] sign a Treaty of Amity and Commerce.<ref>"The Role of Political Revolution in the Theory of International Law", by Theodor Schweisfurth, in ''The Structure and Process of International Law: Essays in Legal Philosophy, Doctrine and Theory'', ed. by R. St.J. Macdonald and Douglas M. Johnston (Martinus Nijhoff, 1986) p913</ref> |
* [[September 10]] – The [[United States]] and the Kingdom of [[Prussia]] sign a Treaty of Amity and Commerce.<ref>"The Role of Political Revolution in the Theory of International Law", by Theodor Schweisfurth, in ''The Structure and Process of International Law: Essays in Legal Philosophy, Doctrine and Theory'', ed. by R. St.J. Macdonald and Douglas M. Johnston (Martinus Nijhoff, 1986) p913</ref> |
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**The [[Bank of North America]], central bank for the Confederation Congress government, loses its charter.<ref>Lawrence Lewis, ''A History of the Bank of North America, the First Bank Chartered in the United States" (J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1882) p54''</ref> |
**The [[Bank of North America]], central bank for the Confederation Congress government, loses its charter.<ref>Lawrence Lewis, ''A History of the Bank of North America, the First Bank Chartered in the United States" (J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1882) p54''</ref> |
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**[[Benjamin Franklin]] returns to [[Philadelphia]] after seven years as the U.S. Ambassador to [[France]] and prepares to take office as the new [[Governor of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Zall>Paul Zall, ''Benjamin Franklin's Humor'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2005) p153</ref> |
**[[Benjamin Franklin]] returns to [[Philadelphia]] after seven years as the U.S. Ambassador to [[France]] and prepares to take office as the new [[Governor of Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Zall>Paul Zall, ''Benjamin Franklin's Humor'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2005) p153</ref> |
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* [[October 5]] – [[Vincenzo Lunardi]] of Italy becomes the first person to pilot a balloon over [[Scotland]].<ref>"On Air Balloons" (''Mechanics Magazine'', June 17, 1826) p102 |
* [[October 5]] – [[Vincenzo Lunardi]] of Italy becomes the first person to pilot a balloon over [[Scotland]].<ref>"On Air Balloons" (''Mechanics Magazine'', June 17, 1826) p102 |
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** The first newspaper in British India, the English-language ''[[Madras Courier]]'', is published. It continues publication as a weekly until 1794.<ref>Henry Davison Love, ed., ''Indian Records Series: Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800'' (Mittal Publications, p440</ref> |
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** [[France]] mints new [[Louis d'or]] coins, with the image of [[Louis XVI of France|King Louis XVI]] on the obverse, and one-sixth less gold than the coins with King Louis XV's image.<ref>Jean-Baptise Say, ''A Treatise on Political Economy'' (Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2008) p254</ref> |
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* [[October 17]] – The Commonwealth of Virginia stops the importation of new African slaves by declaring that "No persons shall henceforth be slaves within this commonwealth, except such as were so on the seventeenth day of October, 1785, and the descendants of the females of them." <ref>W. E. B. Du Bois, ''The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade'' (Wilberforce University, 1896, reprinted by Oxford University Press, 2014) p xxv</ref> |
* [[October 17]] – The Commonwealth of Virginia stops the importation of new African slaves by declaring that "No persons shall henceforth be slaves within this commonwealth, except such as were so on the seventeenth day of October, 1785, and the descendants of the females of them." <ref>W. E. B. Du Bois, ''The Suppression of the African Slave-Trade'' (Wilberforce University, 1896, reprinted by Oxford University Press, 2014) p xxv</ref> |
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* [[October 18]] – [[Benjamin Franklin]] takes office as the new [[Governor of Pennsylvania|President of the Supreme Council of Pennsylvania]], at the time the equivalent of a republic as one of the 13 independent governments of the United States of America under the [[Articles of Confederation]].<ref name=Zall/> |
* [[October 18]] – [[Benjamin Franklin]] takes office as the new [[Governor of Pennsylvania|President of the Supreme Council of Pennsylvania]], at the time the equivalent of a republic as one of the 13 independent governments of the United States of America under the [[Articles of Confederation]].<ref name=Zall/> |
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Gregorian calendar | 1785 MDCCLXXXV |
Ab urbe condita | 2538 |
Armenian calendar | 1234 ԹՎ ՌՄԼԴ |
Assyrian calendar | 6535 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1706–1707 |
Bengali calendar | 1192 |
Berber calendar | 2735 |
British Regnal year | 25 Geo. 3 – 26 Geo. 3 |
Buddhist calendar | 2329 |
Burmese calendar | 1147 |
Byzantine calendar | 7293–7294 |
Chinese calendar | 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4482 or 4275 — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4483 or 4276 |
Coptic calendar | 1501–1502 |
Discordian calendar | 2951 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1777–1778 |
Hebrew calendar | 5545–5546 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1841–1842 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1706–1707 |
- Kali Yuga | 4885–4886 |
Holocene calendar | 11785 |
Igbo calendar | 785–786 |
Iranian calendar | 1163–1164 |
Islamic calendar | 1199–1200 |
Japanese calendar | Tenmei5 (天明5年) |
Javanese calendar | 1711–1712 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
Korean calendar | 4118 |
Minguo calendar | 127 before ROC 民前127年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 317 |
Thai solar calendar | 2327–2328 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1911 or 1530 or 758 — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1912 or 1531 or 759 |
1785 (MDCCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1785th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 785th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1780s decade. As of the start of 1785, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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