Important Historical Events of the year 1785, Year 1785 in History

List of 1785 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1785

What happened in the year 1785?

Date Event
January 7, 1785 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
January 20, 1785 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, 1785 The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
November 28, 1785 The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.