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August 6, 1685Born on Tuesday August 7, 1685
- Juan Francisco Correa Legarda, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia († 1768)
- Adriaan Loeckers, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joseph Joseph Junior Loisel, Pointe aux Tremble, Montreal, CANADA
- Joannes Verachtert, Geel
- Jonathan 1687 Marsh, Jr., Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States († 1747)
- Anne Marie LIGÜBEL, Steinbrunn-le-Haut, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1748)
- Claude Lamoral DE LIGNE († 1766)
- Adriana Verheyen, Merksplas
- Adrianus De Beuckelaer, Oelegem
- Johann Hubert HOENEN, Ediger / Mosel († 1763)
Died on Tuesday August 7, 1685
- Johan Frans Velters
- Anne Elisabeth WICART (46), Erre,59171,Nord,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
- Saepe AELCKES (40), Munnekezijl, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Fryslân, Nederland
- William Stourton
- William STOURTON 12th Baron Stourton (41), Stourton Castle, Wiltshire, England
- Elisabeth WICART (64), Erre,59171,Nord,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
- Jane Watson (44), Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
- Maertge Vrancken van der Burch
- Adriaen Otten van Rijswijck (9), Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Dirck ALCKES (40), Munnekezijl, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Fryslân, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 7, 1685 at Delpher
Born on August 7
- 1560 » Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian aristocrat and serial killer († 1614)
- 1571 » Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer († 1627)
- 1574 » Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer († 1649)
- 1598 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist († 1672)
- 1613 » William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder († 1664)
- 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
- 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
- 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
- 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
- 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
Died on August 7
- 1547 » Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (b. 1480)
- 1613 » Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1544)
- 1616 » Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (b. 1548)
- 1632 » Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)
- 1635 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
- 1639 » Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
- 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
- 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
- 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
- 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1685
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- February 6 » James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.
- February 20 » René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
- May 7 » Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces.
- June 20 » Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth declares himself King of England at Bridgwater.
- July 6 » Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth.