1685

1685 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1685; MDCLXXXV
Ab urbe condita	2438
Armenian calendar	1134; ԹՎ ՌՃԼԴ
Assyrian calendar	6435
Balinese saka calendar	1606–1607
Bengali calendar	1091–1092
Berber calendar	2635
English Regnal year	36 Cha. 2 – 1 Ja. 2
Buddhist calendar	2229
Burmese calendar	1047
Byzantine calendar	7193–7194
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat); 4382 or 4175; — to —; 乙丑年 (Wood Ox); 4383 or 4176
Coptic calendar	1401–1402
Discordian calendar	2851
Ethiopian calendar	1677–1678
Hebrew calendar	5445–5446
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1741–1742
- Shaka Samvat	1606–1607
- Kali Yuga	4785–4786
Holocene calendar	11685
Igbo calendar	685–686
Iranian calendar	1063–1064
Islamic calendar	1096–1097
Japanese calendar	Jōkyō 2; (貞享２年)
Javanese calendar	1607–1609
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar	4018
Minguo calendar	227 before ROC; 民前227年
Nanakshahi calendar	217
Thai solar calendar	2227–2228
Tibetan calendar	ཤིང་ཕོ་བྱི་བ་ལོ་; (male Wood-Rat); 1811 or 1430 or 658; — to —; ཤིང་མོ་གླང་ལོ་; (female Wood-Ox); 1812 or 1431 or 659

Years:
1682 1683 1684 - 1685 - 1686 1687 1688

Decades:
1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s

Centuries:
16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Events

February 6 - James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King James II of England and Ireland and King James VII of Scotland.
February 18 - Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
June 20 - Monmouth Rebellion: James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate son of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army and campaigning against his uncle.
July 6 - Monmouth Rebellion: The Battle of Sedgemoor between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth. Monmouth's army is defeated and the Duke himself is captured shortly after the battle.
July 15 - The Duke of Monmouth is executed at Tower Hill, London
October 18-19 - Louis XIV declares the Edict of Fontainebleau, which revokes the Edict of Nantes and declares Protestantism illegal.