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...

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...

to describe the reign of Charles II (1660–1685), and sometimes that of his younger brother James II (1685–1688). After Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector...

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

James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic...

Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts...

The Edict of Fontainebleau (18 October 1685, published 22 October 1685) was an edict issued by French King Louis XIV and is also known as the Revocation...

Charles Tottenham (24 August 1694 – 20 September 1758) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son of Edward Tottenham, of Tottenham Green, by his...

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...

The French–Tripolitania War (1681-1685) was part of a wider campaign by France against the Barbary Pirates in the 1680s. In June 1681, corsairs from the...

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...

archaeology involved some significant events. 1685: Dolmen at Borger, Netherlands, excavated by Titia Brongersma. 1685: Jacob Spon - Miscellanea eruditae antiquitatis...

Versailles 1685 (French: Versailles 1685: Complot à la cour du Roi Soleil, also known as Versailles: A Game of Intrigue), is a video game released in...

invasion of England. Despite his own Catholicism, James became king in February 1685 with widespread backing from the Protestant majorities in England and Scotland...

Elizabeth Legge (1580 – 1685) was a learned British woman and alleged centenarian during the Elizabethan era. She was born in 1580, the eldest daughter...

The siege of Érsekújvár was fought between July 7 and August 17 of 1685, between the besieging Habsburg army and the Ottoman garrison of Érsekújvár, city...

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...

was a military conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and Qing China from 1685 to 1686. It ultimately ended in the surrender of Albazin to Qing China and...

James Hamilton (1685—November 1771) was an Irish landowner and politician. He was the eldest son of Henry Hamilton of Bailieborough, who was killed at...

Events from the year 1685 in Denmark. Monarch – Christian V Grand Chancellor – Frederik Ahlefeldt 16 April – Fort Frederiksborg is sold to the English...

The Battle of Anandpur (1685) was fought between the Sikhs and an allied force of rajas of the Hill States of the Sivalik range, specifically Kahlur, Kangra...

she married her cousin William of Orange, a Protestant. Charles died in 1685 and James became king, making Mary heir presumptive. James's attempts at...

after until his return from a French South Sea buccaneering expedition in 1685. May – Thomas Lynch returns as Governor of Jamaica. July – Robert Clarke...

Events from the year 1685 in England. This year sees a change of monarch. Monarch – Charles II (until 6 February), then James II 6 February – death of...

The year 1685 in music involved some significant events. The father of Georg Philipp Telemann dies, leaving his widow to bring up the children. Antonio...

West Country rebellion, was an attempt to depose James II, who in February 1685 succeeded his brother Charles II as king of England, Scotland and Ireland...

then finally revoked all Protestant rights in his Edict of Fontainebleau of 1685. The Huguenots were concentrated in the southern and western parts of the...

Johann Sebastian Bach: His Work and Influence on the Music of Germany, 1685–1750, was published by Novello & Co in three volumes. Spitta's Bach biography...

the Polish king more vigorous action against the Ottoman front. In June 1685, Poland received money from the Papacy to launch another campaign. In July...