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Born in 1685

51 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach

    conductor, choir director

    1685–1750 · aged 65

    March 31 · 1685

    Source: The Guardian

  2. George Frideric Handel

    violinist, harpsichordist

    1685–1759 · aged 74

    March 5 · 1685

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  3. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

    monarch, art collector

    1685–1740 · aged 55

    October 1 · 1685

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  4. George Berkeley

    theologian, writer

    Date disputed

    March 12 · 1685

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  5. Farrukhsiyar

    politician

    Date disputed

    August 20 · 1685

    No external source identified

  6. Domenico Scarlatti

    organist, harpsichordist

    1685–1757 · aged 71

    October 26 · 1685

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  7. Marie Adélaïde of Savoy

    consort

    1685–1712 · aged 26

    December 6 · 1685

    Source: Find a Grave

  8. Brook Taylor

    mathematician

    1685–1732

    August 18 · 1685

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  9. John Gay

    playwright, composer

    1685–1732 · aged 47

    June 30 · 1685

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  10. Hakuin Ekaku

    calligrapher, philosopher

    Date disputed

    January 19 · 1685

    Source: Prabook

  11. Jean-Marc Nattier

    portraitist, painter

    1685–1766 · aged 81

    March 17 · 1685

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  12. Bartolomeu de Gusmão

    naturalist, regular priest

    1685–1724 · aged 38

    December 18 · 1685

    No external source identified

  13. Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye

    explorer, fur trader

    1685–1749 · aged 64

    November 17 · 1685

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  14. Johann Maria Farina

    entrepreneur, inventor

    1685–1766 · aged 80

    December 8 · 1685

    Source: Find a Grave

  15. Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk

    1685–1777 · aged 92

    June 5 · 1685

    No external source identified

  16. Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

    aristocrat

    1685–1735 · aged 50

    May 16 · 1685

    Source: The Peerage

  17. Francesco Loredan

    doge, politician

    1685–1762 · aged 77

    February 9 · 1685

    Source: SNAC

  18. Hans von Lehwaldt

    military personnel

    1685–1768 · aged 83

    June 24 · 1685

    No external source identified

  19. George Hadley

    meteorologist, lawyer

    1685–1768 · aged 83

    February 12 · 1685

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  20. Setthathirath II

    sovereign

    1685–1730

    1685

    No external source identified

  21. Antonio Bernacchi

    opera singer, voice teacher

    1685–1756 · aged 70

    June 21 · 1685

    Source: baptismal record

  22. Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck

    ruler

    1685–1761 · aged 76

    November 24 · 1685

    Source: The Peerage

  23. Pierre-François Guyot Desfontaines

    writer, historian

    1685–1745 · aged 60

    June 29 · 1685

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  24. Balthasar Denner

    painter

    1685–1749 · aged 63

    November 15 · 1685

    Source: api.smk.dk

  25. Afife Kadın

    aristocrat

    1685–1723

    1685

    No external source identified

  26. Jonas Alströmer

    merchant, diplomat

    1685–1761 · aged 76

    January 17 · 1685

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  27. Jacob Theodor Klein

    ornithologist, historian

    1685–1759 · aged 73

    August 15 · 1685

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Dominikus Zimmermann

    painter, politician

    1685–1766 · aged 81

    June 30 · 1685

    Source: Structurae

  29. Aaron Hill

    playwright, poet

    1685–1750 · aged 64

    February 10 · 1685

    Source: SNAC

  30. Charles Cressent

    cabinetmaker, master craftsman

    1685–1768 · aged 82

    December 16 · 1685

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  31. George Clifford III

    botanist, jurist

    1685–1760 · aged 75

    January 7 · 1685

    Source: The Peerage

  32. Lodovico Giustini

    organist, composer

    1685–1743

    December 12 · 1685

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  33. Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de La Jonquière, Marquis de La Jonquière

    sailor, civil servant

    1685–1752 · aged 66

    April 18 · 1685

    Source: Dictionary of Canadian Biography

  34. Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt

    naturalist, physician

    1685–1735 · aged 49

    September 16 · 1685

    Source: Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia

  35. Neri Maria Corsini

    Catholic priest

    1685–1770 · aged 85

    May 19 · 1685

    Source: RKDartists

  36. Charles-Jean-François Hénault

    writer, historian

    1685–1770 · aged 85

    February 8 · 1685

    Source: BnF authorities

  37. Charles Augustus of Nassau-Weilburg

    military personnel

    1685–1753 · aged 68

    September 27 · 1685

    No external source identified

  38. Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler

    aristocrat

    1685–1761 · aged 76

    September 2 · 1685

    No external source identified

  39. Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

    aristocrat

    1685–1767 · aged 81

    June 14 · 1685

    No external source identified

  40. Ishida Baigan

    philosopher

    1685–1744 · aged 59

    October 12 · 1685

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  41. Jan van Gool

    draftsperson, writer

    Date disputed

    1685

    Source: British Museum person-institution thesaurus

  42. Giuseppe Matteo Alberti

    composer

    1685–1751 · aged 65

    September 20 · 1685

    Source: BnF authorities

  43. Tiberius Hemsterhuis

    philosopher, historian

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1685

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Charles Alston

    university teacher, botanist

    Date disputed

    October 24 · 1685

    No external source identified

  45. Louis de l'Isle

    astronomer, explorer

    Date disputed

    1685

    Source: La France savante

  46. Henri François Le Dran

    surgeon, anatomist

    1685–1770 · aged 85

    October 13 · 1685

    Source: BnF authorities

  47. Hans Gram

    librarian, philologist

    1685–1748 · aged 62

    October 28 · 1685

    No external source identified

  48. Claude Joseph Geoffroy

    naturalist, chemist

    1685–1752 · aged 66

    August 8 · 1685

    Source: BnF authorities

  49. Martin Bouquet

    librarian, historian

    1685–1754 · aged 68

    August 6 · 1685

    Source: BnF authorities

  50. Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer

    independent publisher, medical examiner

    1685–1744

    April 30 · 1685

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  51. Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

    military personnel

    1685–1746 · aged 60

    September 4 · 1685

    Source: The Peerage

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