List of 1785 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1785
Date | Event |
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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. |