Notable Birthdays - 1685
1685 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 7 |
Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company |
Jan 7 |
Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761) |
Jan 18 |
Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized |
Feb 8 |
Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian (d. 1770) |
Feb 10 |
Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) |
Feb 10 |
Aaron Hill, Rinaldo |
Feb 23 |
George Frideric Handel, Halle Germany, baroque composer and (Messiah, Water Music) |
Feb 23 |
George Frideric Handel, The Social Network |
Mar 12 |
George Berkeley, Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne |
Mar 17 |
Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter |
Mar 18 |
Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752) |
Mar 21 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Godfather |
Mar 31 |
Johann Sebastian Bach, Eisenach Germany, composer (Mattheus-Passion) |
Jun 3 |
Cornelis Hop, Amsterdam regent/diplomat |
Jun 30 |
Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche) |
Jun 30 |
John Gay, British writer (d. 1732) |
Jun 30 |
John Gay, Emma |
Jul 3 |
Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (d. 1768) |
Aug 1 |
Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer |
Aug 18 |
Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem |
Sep 15 |
Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer |
Sep 16 |
John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera) |
Sep 30 |
Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer |
Oct 1 |
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40) (d. 1740) |
Oct 26 |
Domenico Scarlatti, Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist |
Nov 17 |
Pierre Gaultier, French-Canadian trader and explorer (d. 1749) |
Dec 6 |
Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France (d. 1712) |
Dec 12 |
Lodovico Giustini, composer |
Dec 17 |
Thomas Tickell, English writer (d. 1740) |
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