Historical Events in 1785
16 curated events dated to this year, and 50 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1785
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Edmund Cartwright Patents the Power Loom
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Publication of 'The Task'
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb Formulates Coulomb's Law
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First Aerial Fatality: Pilâtre de Rozier's Death
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First Balloon Flight Across the English Channel
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First Play: Coffeehouse
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First Steam-Powered Textile Mill
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First Watt Steam Engines Installed in Factories
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Founding of the Royal Irish Academy
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Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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Appointment as Principal Registrar
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Development of Cast Iron Pipes for Water and Waste
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Napoleon Graduates from École Militaire
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First Balloon Flight in Denmark
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Relocation to Bath
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William Blake Moves to Poland Street
Poets alive in 1785
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Poets in 1785
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