1685

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Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1650s  1660s  1670s  - 1680s -  1690s  1700s  1710s
Years:	1682 1683 1684 - 1685 - 1686 1687 1688

1685 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1685 (MDCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events of 1685 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown dates

Events of 1685

January - June

• February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland.
• February 18 - Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
• February 20 - René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, intending to establish a colony near the mouth of the Mississippi River, lands with 200 surviving colonists at Matagorda Bay on the Texas coast, believing the Mississippi near (Texas Handbook).
• June 20 - Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army and campaigning against his uncle.

July - December

• July 6 - Monmouth Rebellion: The Battle of Sedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth. Monmouth's army is defeated and the Duke himself is captured shortly after the battle.
• July 15 - The Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, London.
• October 18-19 - Louis XIV declares the Edict of Fontainebleau, which revokes the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal.

Undated

• Adam Baldridge founds a pirate base in St Mary Island in the Madagascar.
• On a trading expedition to the Mississippi, explorer Michel Mathieu Brunet dit Lestang discovers La Baie des Puants (present-day Green Bay, Wisc.).

Births

1685 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1685 MDCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	2438
Armenian calendar	1134 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԴ
Bahá'í calendar	-159 – -158
Buddhist calendar	2229
Chinese calendar	4321/4381-11-27 (甲子年十一月廿七日) — to — 4322/4382-12-6 (乙丑年十二月初六日)
Ethiopian calendar	1677 – 1678
Hebrew calendar	5445 – 5446
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1740 – 1741
- Shaka Samvat	1607 – 1608
- Kali Yuga	4786 – 4787
Holocene calendar	11685
Iranian calendar	1063 – 1064
Islamic calendar	1096 – 1097
Japanese calendar	Jōkyō 2 (貞享2年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2345 (皇紀2345年)
- Jōmon Era	11685
Julian calendar	1730
Korean calendar	4018
Thai solar calendar	2228
v • d • e

• January 7 - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (died 1761)
• January 9 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist (died 1766)
• February 8 - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (died 1770)
• February 10 - Aaron Hill, English writer (died 1750)
• February 23 - George Frideric Handel, German composer (died 1759)
• March 12 - George Berkeley, English philosopher (died 1753)
• March 18 - Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (died 1752)
• March 21 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (died 1750)
• June 30 - John Gay, English writer (died 1732)
• July 3 - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (died 1768)
• August 18 - Brook Taylor, English mathematician (died 1731)
• October 1 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1740)
• October 26 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (died 1757)
• November 17 - Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, French-Canadian trader and explorer (died 1749)
• December 17 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (died 1740)

Unknown dates

• (none)

See also Category: 1685 births.

Deaths

• January 2 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (born 1603)
• February 6 - King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1630)
• February 11 - David Teniers III, Flemish painter (born 1638)
• February 24 - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (born 1629)
• March 22 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (born 1638)
• May 26 - Karl II, Elector Palatine (born 1651)
• July 15 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles II of England (beheaded) (born 1649)
• July 28 - Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (born 1618)
• September 1 - Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer and diplomat (born 1625)
• October 12 - Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (born 1628)
• October 30 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (born 1603)
• December 12 - John Pell, English mathematician (born 1610)

Unknown dates

• (none)

See also Category: 1685 deaths.

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