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What Happened in November 1785

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Historical Events

  • Nov 17 Church of England organizes in New England
  • Nov 28 The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people

Events in 1785

Famous Birthdays

  • Nov 2 Frederich Kalkbrenner, German-French pianist and composer, born in Kassel, Germany (d. 1849)
  • Nov 2 Johann Leopold Fuchs, German pianist and composer, born in Dessau (d. 1853)
  • Nov 11 Diponegoro, Javanese prince who opposed Dutch colonial rule and Indonesian national hero, born in Yogyakarta Sultanate (d. 1855)
  • Nov 13 Caroline Lamb, English aristocrat, author (Glenarvon), wife of William Lamb, lover of Lord Byron (d. 1828)
  • Nov 18 David Wilkie, British painter, born in Pitlessie Fife, Scotland (d. 1841)

William Beaumont (1785-1853)

Nov 21 American surgeon and father of gastric physiology, born in Lebanon, Connecticut

William Beaumont
  • Nov 23 Jan Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits (1829-53) (d. 1853)
  • Nov 28 Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie, 14th Prime Minister of France (1835-36), born in Paris (d. 1870)
Born in 1785

Famous Deaths

  • Nov 16 Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist, dies at 76
  • Nov 18 Louis Philip I, Duke of OrlĂ©ans, French soldier and writer (b. 1725)
  • Nov 19 Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer, dies at 65
  • Nov 25 Richard Glover, British poet, dies at about 73
  • Nov 28 William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (US Declaration of Independence), dies at 55

Famous People Who Were

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