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April 27, 1785Born on Thursday April 28, 1785
- Adrianus Franciscus KERSTENS, Heuvel,Essen,Antwerpen,Belgieâ
- Evertje Everts Lagerweij, Woudenberg
- Foke Meines Klijnsma, Delfstrahuizen, Friesland, Nederland
- Domingos de Souza Lima, Enseada de brito,SC,Brasil
- Eeuwe~Heeres Speelman, De Hommerts
- Didericus Bernhardus Liedermooij
- Anna Maria Mesterom, Linne, Limburg, Netherlands († 1857)
- Franciscus van Tichelt, Deurne(Blg.) († 1786)
- Fokke Meines KLIJNSMA, Delfstrahuizen († 1836)
- Abraham Robeijn, Breskens († 1821)
Died on Thursday April 28, 1785
- Govert Hendrikse VAN DER SLUIS (73), Arkel
- Emmanuel Vandeputte
- Cornelia Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferders) (20), Drunen, Nederland
- Arnoldus Lambertus BRANDS (50), Best, 3327, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Elisabeth Harmense (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Arnoldus Lambertus Brands (50), Best
- Anna de Rooij (28), Dusse
- Elizabeth Clark (79), Richmond, North Carolina, United States
- Hendrikje Spanjerberg (0), Egmond Binnen
- Cornelis van Duijn (58), Scheveningen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 28, 1785 at Delpher
Born on April 28
- 1715 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator († 1767)
- 1758 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States († 1831)
- 1761 » Marie Harel, French cheesemaker († 1844)
- 1765 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
- 1819 » Ezra Abbot, American scholar and academic († 1884)
- 1827 » William Hall, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient († 1904)
- 1838 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and scholar, Nobel Prize laureate († 1913)
- 1848 » Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator († 1909)
- 1854 » Hertha Marks Ayrton, Polish-British engineer, mathematician, and physicist. († 1923)
- 1855 » José Malhoa, Portuguese painter († 1933)
Died on April 28
- 1716 » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
- 1726 » Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
- 1741 » Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
- 1772 » Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
- 1781 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
- 1813 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
- 1816 » Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1762)
- 1841 » Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
- 1853 » Ludwig Tieck, German author and poet (b. 1773)
- 1858 » Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist and anatomist (b. 1801)
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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.
Weather April 28, 1785
The temperature on April 28, 1785 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder.