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Died on Tuesday January 25, 1785
- Geertje Kuiper (62), Koedijk
- Adrianus van IJzere, Rotterdam Z.H
- Etienne LAMBERT (75), Nollevaux, 84045, Luxembourg, Belgique
- Gerrit Oudshoorn, Zevenhoven
- Frances Penny (71)
- Aert (Hartkoorn), Rotterdam
- Aaltje Ariens Wijker (46), Egmond aan Zee
- Geertje Jans Kuiper (62), Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Agathe PARENT (40), St-Pierre, Île-d'Orléans, Québec
- Anna Maria Tillemans, Nijmegen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 25, 1785 at Delpher
Born on January 25
- 1750 » Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer († 1813)
- 1755 » Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (probable; d. 1815)
- 1759 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter († 1796)
- 1783 » William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive († 1857)
- 1794 » François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer († 1878)
- 1796 » William MacGillivray, Scottish ornithologist and biologist († 1852)
- 1813 » J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician († 1883)
- 1816 » Anna Gardner, American abolitionist and teacher († 1901)
- 1822 » Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the Bishop Museum († 1915)
- 1822 » William McDougall, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories († 1905)
Died on January 25
- 1670 » Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1726 » Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
- 1733 » Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1652)
- 1751 » Paul Dudley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1675)
- 1852 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
- 1872 » Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817)
- 1881 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)
- 1884 » Périclès Pantazis, Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849)
- 1891 » Theo van Gogh, Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. 1857)
- 1900 » Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)
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 Tuesday January 25, 1785
The temperature on January 25, 1785 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: betrokken mist.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI