March 10 » French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
June 6 » In the Seven Years' War, British forces begin the Siege of Havana and temporarily capture the city.
July 9 » Catherine the Great becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband, Peter III.
July 17 » Former emperor Peter III of Russia is murdered.
September 12 » The Sultanate of Sulu ceded Balambangan Island to the British East India Company
September 15 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
Day of death February 17, 1785
The temperature on February 17, 1785 was about 0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
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