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The year 1685 was a regular year that began on a Monday. People used the Gregorian calendar to keep track of the days. This year was full of important events, from changes in kings to new discoveries and famous people being born.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 16th century17th century18th century
Decades: 1650s  1660s  1670s  – 1680s –  1690s  1700s  1710s
Years: 1682 1683 168416851686 1687 1688
1685 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1685
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Ab urbe condita 2438
Armenian calendar 1134
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Assyrian calendar 6435
Balinese saka calendar 1606–1607
Bengali calendar 1092
Berber calendar 2635
English Regnal year 36 Cha. 2 – 1 Ja. 2
Buddhist calendar 2229
Burmese calendar 1047
Byzantine calendar 7193–7194
Chinese calendar 甲子(Wood Rat)
4381 or 4321
    — to —
乙丑年 (Wood Ox)
4382 or 4322
Coptic calendar 1401–1402
Discordian calendar 2851
Ethiopian calendar 1677–1678
Hebrew calendar 5445–5446
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1741–1742
 - Shaka Samvat 1606–1607
 - Kali Yuga 4785–4786
Holocene calendar 11685
Igbo calendar 685–686
Iranian calendar 1063–1064
Islamic calendar 1096–1097
Japanese calendar Jōkyō 2
(貞享2年)
Javanese calendar 1607–1609
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar 4018
Minguo calendar 227 before ROC
民前227年
Nanakshahi calendar 217
Thai solar calendar 2227–2228
Tibetan calendar 阳木鼠年
(male Wood-Rat)
1811 or 1430 or 658
    — to —
阴木牛年
(female Wood-Ox)
1812 or 1431 or 659

Important Events of 1685

Other Things That Happened

  • The Chinese army of the Qing Dynasty attacked a Russian outpost called Albazin. This event later led to a peace agreement known as the Treaty of Nerchinsk.
  • A man named Adam Baldridge started a base for pirates on St Mary Island, which is part of Madagascar.
  • During a trip to trade goods on the Mississippi River, explorer Michel Mathieu Brunet dit Lestang found a bay he called La Baie des Puants. Today, this place is known as Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Famous People Born in 1685

Many important people were born in 1685, especially famous musicians and thinkers.

Notable People Who Died in 1685

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