7th » Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover called Dover, England, to Calais e.g Calais, France, in a gas balloon.
20th » Invading Siamese forces attempt to exploit the political chaos in Vietnam, but are ambushed and annihilated at the Mekong River by the Tay Son in the Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút.
27th » The University of Georgia is founded, the first public university in the United States.
Famous Birthdays on January in 1785
4th » Jacob Grimm, German author and philologist (d. 1863)
6th » Andreas Mustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (d. 1860)
Famous Deaths for January 1785
3rd » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
19th » Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
23rd » Matthew Stewart (mathematician) or Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)