April1785

April 1785 in History

Events in History

Appointment of Interest

Apr 20 Thomas Warton appointed British Poet Laureate by King George III

George III — King of Great Britain and Ireland George III

Historic Event

Apr 21 Catherine II of Russia confers on the nobility the "Charter to the Nobility", increasing further the power of the landed oligarchs

Catherine the Great — Empress of Russia Catherine the Great

Birthdays in History

Apr 1 J H Ferdinand Olivier, German painter
Apr 9 Sibrandus Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist (electric car), born in Adorp, Netherlands (d. 1841)

John James Audubon (1785-1851)

Apr 26 American ornithologist and painter (The Birds of America), born in Les Cayes, Haiti

John James Audubon

Deaths in History

Apr 14 William Whitehead, English writer and poet, British Poet Laureate (1757-85), dies at about 70
Apr 30 Frederick Philipse III, American land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65

Historical Figures

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