1685
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1685 (MDCLXXXV) the 685th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 17th century, and the 6th year of the 1680s decade.
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Births
- January 24 – Giuseppe Alessandro Furietti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1764)
- February 23 – George Frideric Handel, German composer (d. 1759)
- March 12 – George Berkeley, Irish philosopher (d. 1753)
- March 17 – Jean-Marc Nattier, French painter (d. 1766)
- March 31 – Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (d. 1750)
- August 6 – Martin Bouquet, French Benedictine monk and historian (d. 1754)
- August 15 – Jacob Theodor Klein, German scholar (d. 1759)
- August 18 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician (d. 1731)
- October 1 – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1740)
- October 26 – Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
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