1778
1785 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
EventsThe term thoroughbred was first used in the United States in an advertisement in a Kentucky gazette to describe a New Jersey stallion called Pilgarlick.January 18 - Third Pacific expedition of Capt. James Cook, with ships HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery, first view O'ahu then Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the "Sandwich Islands." February 5 - South Carolina becomes the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.February 6 - American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce are signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic. February 23 - American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.July 10 - American Revolutionary War: Louis XVI of France declares war on the Kingdom of Great Britain. July 27 - American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant - British and French fleets fight to a standoff.August 26 - Triglav, at 2,864 metres above sea level the highest peak of Slovenia, was ascended for the first time by four brave men: Luka Korošec, Matevž Kos, Štefan Rožič and Lovrenc Willomitzer on Sigismund Zois's initiative.September - The Massachusetts Banishment Act, providing punishment for Loyalists, is passed. November 26 - In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to discover Maui.France introduced the first state-controlled brothel.The first settlement was made in the area of what is now Louisville, Kentucky by 13 families under Col. George Rogers Clark.
BirthsFebruary 22 - Rembrandt Peale, artistApril 10 - William Hazlitt - English essayistMay 18 - Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, British nobleAugust 11 - Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German patriotSeptember 8 - Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)September 19 - Henry Peter Brougham, Lord High Chancellor of Great BritainNovember 1 - Gustav IV Adolf of SwedenDecember 17 - Sir Humphry Davy, English chemistAbd ar-Rahman, sultan of Morocco
DeathsJanuary 10 - Carolus LinnaeusMay 30 - François-Marie Arouet dit Voltaire, French philosopherJune 28 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopherJuly 3 - Anna Maria Mozart, mother of Wolfgang Amadeus MozartNovember 9 - Giovanni Battista Piranesi, artist
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