1785 births

Italian writer and poet (1785–1873)

German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785–1863)

30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808–1839)

French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851)

heir of the French throne

British author (1785-1859)

German writer and novelist (1785-1859)

German inventor of early form of bicycle and typewriter (1785-1851)

French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)

Chinese scholar and politician (1785-1850)

English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)

French scientist (1785-1838)

English geologist (1785–1873)

Emir of Afghanistan (1839-1842) and ruler of the Durrani Empire (1803-1809)

Swedish cleric and botanist (1785–1859)

Prince Diponegoro (; born Bendara Raden Mas Mustahar, ; later Bendara Raden Mas Antawirya, ; 11 November 1785 – 8 January 1855), also known as Dipanegara and Dipa Negara, was a Javanese prince who opposed the Dutch colonial rule. The eldest son of the Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengkubuwono III, he played an important role in the Java War between 1825 and 1830. After his defeat and capture, he was exiled to Makassar, where he died at 69 years old.

English writer (1785-1828)

Irish zoologist and politician (1785–1840)

English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company (1785–1866)

British chemist (1785-1850)

French physicist (1785-1845)

Argentine writer and politician (1785-1856)

French politician (1785-1870)

President of Peru (1785-1841)

Danish politician (1785-1864)

German prince (1785-1851)

Russian general (1785-1831)

monarch of Monaco (1785-1856)

German nobleman, landscape artist and travel writer (1785-1871)

Prince of Württemberg

Chilean general (1785-1821)

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, then Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1785-1831)

Belgian noble, lawyer and politician (1785-1871)

Chilean politician and President (1785-1858)

British politician (1785-1856)

Spanish opera singer and composer

German piano teacher, music critic and music educator (1785-1873)

wife of Prince Wilhelm of Prussia; actingfirst lady of Prussia from 1810-40

Scottish painter (1785-1841)

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

German historian and statesman (1785-1860)

Swedish clergyman, poet, historian, mythologist and botanist (1785 – 1871)

German classical scholar and philologist (1785-1871)

United States Naval Officer (1785-1819)

first woman chemist in Sweden (1785-1871)

Slovak Catholic priest, writer, poet and translator

French computer pioneer (1785-1870)

Polish composer and conductor (1785-1857)

American physician (1785-1853)

Swedish inventor and businessman (1785-1873)

American politician

British astronomer (1785-1867)

Roman Catholic bishop

Swedish naturalist (1785–1874)

female Prussian soldier (1785-1813)

Rio de la Plata military leader and politician

wife of Jérôme Bonaparte

Superior General of the Society of Christ

Baltic German chemist (1785-1822)

British painter and author (1785-1842)