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Born on Monday January 24, 1785
- Antonie Martinus Harthoorn, Middelburg († 1857)
- Adrianus DIJKERS Pzn, Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
- Antonius Petri van Grinsven, Den Dungen
- Christianus Chattelion, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
- Albertus van Rijn, Poeldijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1860)
- Catharina Auguste von Löwenstern, Tartu, Estonie († 1860)
- Adriaan van Gelooven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
- Catharina Jakobine Auguste von Löwenstern († 1860)
- Arnoldus Swinkels, Beek en Donk († 1855)
- Adriaan [wever] van Gelooven, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1855)
Died on Monday January 24, 1785
- Antoine Alexandre LEGRAND (39), Bully-les-Mines,62160,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
- Geertrui Visser, Poortugaal
- Gerardus Vannuijs (86), Heerlen
- Emericus Egidi van der Aa, Schijndel
- Catharina Schmitz (80), Düsseldorf, Derendorf, Rheinland, Deutschland
- Dominik Wetzel (71)
- Catharina DE CONINCK
- Henri van Rie, Adegem, België
- Adrianus de Nocker (76), Kallo, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Eunice Stratton (25), Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 24, 1785 at Delpher
Born on January 24
- 1749 » Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1806)
- 1754 » Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor († 1820)
- 1761 » Louis Klein, French general († 1845)
- 1763 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician († 1831)
- 1776 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer († 1822)
- 1787 » Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist († 1864)
- 1804 » Delphine de Girardin, French author († 1855)
- 1814 » Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess († 1858)
- 1814 » John Colenso, British mathematician († 1883)
- 1816 » Wilhelm Henzen, German philologist and epigraphist († 1887)
Died on January 24
- 1639 » Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
- 1666 » Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
- 1709 » George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
- 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
- 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
- 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
- 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
- 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
- 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
Names that were popular for boys in 1785
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Jans
- Joseph
- Dirk
- Klaas
- Jean
Names that were popular for girls in 1785
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Marie
- Jans
- Joanna
- Trijntje
- Grietje
- Antje
- Adriana
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1785
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 7 » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
- January 20 » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong river by the Tây Sơn in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
- January 27 » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
- November 28 » The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
The weather on Monday January 24, 1785
The temperature on January 24, 1785 was about -1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: betrokken mist.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI