Timeline April 1785

Events in April 1785 3

• 1785 Power loom patented Edmund Cartwright patents a mechanized weaving loom English inventor Edmund Cartwright patented a power loom designed to mechanize the weaving of cloth. Though his early machines were unreliable, the invention helped drive the mechanization of textile production during the Industrial Revolution. Improved versions later transformed the British textile industry.
• 1785 Charter to the Nobility issued in Russia Catherine the Great codifies the privileges of the Russian nobility Empress Catherine II of Russia issued the Charter to the Nobility, formally codifying and expanding the rights and privileges of the Russian aristocracy, including exemption from taxation and corporal punishment. The charter strengthened the nobility's control over serfs and local administration. It remained a cornerstone of Russian social structure until the 1917 revolution.
• 1785 – 1851 John James Audubon (1785-1851) Died 27 January 1851, aged 65 John James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist and painter best known for "The Birds of America," a landmark work documenting North American bird species in life-sized illustrations. The National Audubon Society was later named in his honor.