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• Barbara Cecilia Boels, Houtem-Bij-Veurne
• Bernardus Teiting, Bocholt (Duitsland) († 1841)
• Angelina Gelaudemans, Orthen
• Anna Theresia Van de Mosselaer, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1861)
• Feite Douwes, Ferwoude, Wonserdadeel († 1858)
• Bastiaan Gerrit Donkersloot, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1792)
• Adriana van der Flaes, Goirle
• Catharina Elisabeth Rutten, Stevensweert († 1807)
• Christina Kleyn, Bergschenhoek
• Christina Steentje, Bergschenhoek († 1849)

• Alida Anna de Roo (59), Delft, 5995, Zuid-Holland, NL
• George Roose (30), Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales
• Alida Anna de Roo (59), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelia de Regt (28), Nieuw-Beijerland, ZH, Nederland
• Bartholomeus Balthissen (82), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Claasje van Beek (38), Lisse
• Elizabeth Aalts Prins (36), Kampen, Nederland
• Elizabeth Aalts Prins (36), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• "Theodorus Claessen" Derk Klaassen Derk Klaassen (40), Groesbeek
• Aeltje Vollenhoven, Loenen

• 1748 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author († 1836)
• 1777 » Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State († 1852)
• 1792 » John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English soldier and politician, Lord Privy Seal († 1840)
• 1794 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer († 1847)
• 1796 » George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts († 1861)
• 1799 » Henri Druey, Swiss lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1855)
• 1801 » Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor († 1843)
• 1816 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria († 1903)
• 1823 » Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright and translator († 1886)
• 1839 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer († 1888)

• 1704 » Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (b. 1627)
• 1748 » William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
• 1782 » Metastasio, Italian-Austrian poet and composer (b. 1698)
• 1788 » Carlo Antonio Campioni, French-Italian composer (b. 1719)
• 1795 » Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
• 1814 » Charles Burney, English composer and historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 » Charles Messier, French astronomer and academic (b. 1730)
• 1850 » Adoniram Judson, American lexicographer and missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Pieter
4. Cornelis
5. Hendrik
6. Willem
7. Joannes
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Jean
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Elisabeth
7. Trijntje
8. Marie
9. Grietje
10. Antje
11. Joanna
12. Adriana
13. Neeltje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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 temperature on April 12, 1785 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.