Events from the year 1785 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XVI
Events
January 7 January - French balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard crosses the English Channel in a balloon
July 16 July - The Piper-Heidsieck Champagne house is founded by Florens-Louis Heidsieck in Reims, France.
August 15 August - Cardinal de Rohan is arrested in Paris; the Necklace Affair comes into the open.
Date unknown Cabinet des Modes, the first fashion magazine, is published in France.
Births 10 February - Claude-Louis Navier 27 March - Louis XVII 3 April - François-Jean-Hyacinthe Feutrier 21 April - Charles Joseph, comte de Flahaut 5 May - Charles Xavier Thomas 12 July - Joseph Pelet de la Lozère 30 September - Ange Hyacinthe Maxence, baron de Damas 5 October - Joseph Bernelle 10 October - Florestan I, Prince of Monaco 13 October - Jean-Charles Persil 28 November Federico de Brandsen Victor de Broglie 22 December - Achille Libéral Treilhard 26 December - Laurent Clerc Marie Durand, saint (d. 1864)
Deaths 7 January - Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau 4 February - Donat Nonnotte 8 May - Étienne François, duc de Choiseul 15 June Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, during failed cross channel balloon flight 20 August - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle 15 November - César Gabriel de Choiseul 18 November - Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
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