1685 (MDCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1685th...

The year 1685 in science and technology involved some significant events. Adam Adamandy Kochański publishes an approximation for squaring the circle. Charles...

1685 Toro (prov. designation: 1948 OA) is an asteroid and near-Earth object of the Apollo group on an eccentric orbit. It was discovered on 17 July 1948...

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration...

The 1685 English general election elected the only parliament of James II of England, known as the Loyal Parliament. This was the first time the pejorative...

Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was a Dutch-born English nobleman and military officer. Originally called...

Portrait of Edmund Waller, by John Riley, circa 1685...

Hannoverians joined Morosini in June 1685, while 3,300 Saxons arrived a few months later. In spring and early June 1685, the Venetian forces gathered at Corfu...

Maria Józefa Wessel but had no issue Jan (4 June 1683 – 1 January/12 April 1685) daughter (20 December 1684), stillborn or died shortly after birth Official...

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his...