Timeline August 1785

Events in August 1785 3

• 1714 – 1785 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714-1785) Died 20 August 1785, aged 71 Pigalle was one of the leading French sculptors of the 18th century, known for works including the tomb of Marshal Maurice de Saxe and a controversial nude statue of Voltaire. He served as a professor and later director at the Académie Royale in Paris. His naturalistic style influenced French sculpture through the late Enlightenment period.
• 1785 – 1859 Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) Died 8 December 1859, aged 74 Thomas De Quincey was an English essayist best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater," an autobiographical account of his addiction that influenced later writers on drugs and altered states of mind. He worked prolifically as a journalist and critic throughout his life. He died in Edinburgh.
• 1785 – 1819 Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) Died 23 August 1819, aged 34 Oliver Hazard Perry was an American naval officer who commanded the US fleet to victory at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, declaring "We have met the enemy and they are ours." He died of yellow fever aboard ship off Trinidad while returning from a diplomatic mission to Venezuela. He died on his thirty-fourth birthday.