Today in History for Year 1685

Months in Year 1685: January February March May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 8 of 8

Feb 6th - James II of England and VII of Scotland becomes King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
Feb 18th - Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
Jun 11th - James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II
Jul 6th - Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats duke of Monmouth
Oct 18th - French King Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes cancelling rights of French Protestants
Oct 18th - Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism
Dec 3rd - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
Dec 30th - Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 25 of 25

Jan 7th - Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company
Jan 7th - Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)
Jan 18th - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized
Feb 8th - Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770)
Feb 10th - Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara)
Feb 23rd - George Friedrich Handel, Halle Germany, organist/composer (Messiah)
Mar 12th - George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne
Mar 17th - Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter
Mar 18th - Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
Mar 21st - Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Mattheus-Passion)
Jun 3rd - Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat
Jun 30th - Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche)
Jun 30th - John Gay, British writer (d. 1732)
Jul 3rd - Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768)
Aug 1st - Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer
Aug 18th - Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
Sep 15th - Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer
Sep 16th - John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera)
Sep 30th - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (Mar 21st) Oct 1st - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40) (d. 1740)
Oct 26th - Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist
Nov 17th - Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749)
Dec 6th - Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712)
Dec 12th - Lodovico Giustini, composer
Dec 17th - Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 21 of 21

Jan 2nd - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)
Jan 6th - Malachias Siebenhaar, composer, dies at 68
Feb 2nd - Charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54
Feb 11th - David Teniers III, Flemish painter, dies at 46
Feb 24th - Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)
Mar 22nd - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
May 2nd - Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried
May 15th - Henri Otto, Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
May 26th - Charles II, Elector Palatine (b. 1651)
May 28th - Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67
Jun 30th - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 55
Jul 15th - James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of Charles 2, executed
Jul 23rd - Pietro Reggio, composer, dies at 53
Jul 28th - Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618)
Aug 8th - Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75
Sep 1st - Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer (b. 1625)
Oct 3rd - Fidel Molitor, composer, dies at 58
Oct 12th - Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59
Oct 12th - Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (b. 1628)
Oct 30th - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (b. 1603)
Dec 12th - John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)