1685

events

politics

• 29. June: An edict of the large cure prince Friedrich William leads to the establishment of the citizens of Berlin stock exchange
• 5. October: Brandenburg conquers its colony Arguin
• 18. October: Ludwig XIV. (France) the tolerance edict of Nantes lifts on
• 29. October: With the edict of potsdam the reformed Huguenots taken up in lutherischen Prussia
• to Vienna becomes the first fire-extinguishing orderwith fire farmhands and thus the oldest occupation fire-brigade of the world based [

• the Nürnberger Uhrmacher Stephan Farfler issue build a wheelchair with crank handle drive
• of the Hallenser Gymnasialdirektor and later historical professor Christoph Cellarius publish the text book “Historia universalis, inantiquam, medii aevi novam divisa ", therein the three-division of world history in antiquity, the Middle Ages and modern times is born for the first time held in

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• 7. January: Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agriculture and industrial pioneer († 1761)
• 12. February: George Hadley, English physicist and Meteoroligist († 1768)
• 23. February: George Friedrich trade, GermanBritish composer († 1759)
• 12. March: George Berkeley, Irish theologian and philosopher († 1753)
• 21. March: Johann Sebastian brook, German composer († 1750)
• 30. April: Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer
• 30. June: Dominikus Carpenter, Stukkateur, Baumeister and mayor († 1766)
• 4. July: Christian kind of realm, German founder of the horticulture († 1775)
• 1. August: Jetty Giuseppe Sandoni, Italian composer († 1748
• 18. August: Brook Taylor, British mathematician († 1731)
• 16. September: John Gay, English writer († 1732)
• 1. October: Karl VI., Emperors of the holy Roman realm since 1711 († 1740)
• 26. October: Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer († 1757)
• 8. Dezember: Johann Maria Farina, Italian Parfumeur, Createur of the Eau de Cologne († 1766)

• Jean Marc Nattier, French painter († 1766)

died

• 6. February: Karl II. (England), king of England, Scotland and Ireland (* 1630 ) was
• 11. March: Marx Augustin, Bänkelsänger, Sackpfeifer and standing grab poet(* 1643)
• 26. March: Go-Sai, 111. Emperor of Japan (* 1638)
• 14. July: Johann Caspar, Swiss physician and Botaniker (* 1606)