1685 (MDCLXXXV), she blein chadjin v'ee, ghow toshiaght Jelhune rere yn eaillere Gregoiragh as blein chadjin ghow toshiaght Jerdein rere feaillere Yool.

Taghyrtyn

• 23 Averil – Haghyr crooinaghey Yamys II Hostyn (as e Venrein Heshee, Maria Beatrice d’Este) ayns Abban y Vannishter Heear.

Ruggyryn

• 23 Toshiaght Arree – George Frideric Handel, cummeyder Germaanagh (b. 1759)
• 12 Mayrnt – George Berkeley, fallsoonagh Yernagh (b. 1753)
• 31 Mayrnt – Johann Sebastian Bach, cummeyder Germaanagh (b. 1750)
• 18 Luanistyn – Brook Taylor, maddaghteyr Sostynagh (b. 1731)
• 26 Jerrey Fouyir – Domenico Scarlatti, cummeyder Iddaalagh (b. 1757)
• 12 Nollick – Lodovico Giustini, cummeyder Iddaalagh (b. 1743)

Baaseyn

• 25 Mayrnt – Nicolas Robert, peinteyr Frangagh (r. 1614)
• 16 Mean Souree – Anne Killigrew, feelee as peinteyr Sostynagh (b. 1660)
• 12 Nollick – John Pell, maddaghteyr Sostynagh (r. 1610)