About the day » Tuesday July 20, 1784Calender converter

• Arentje Heus, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van de Griend, Puttershoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anneken Brummelink, Brummen
• Anne Catherine ADRIAENSENS, Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, België († 1871)
• Cornelia van Hooft, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna maria Zijlmans, Waspik Noord Brabant
• Aleidis van Aelst, Oud Zevenaar
• Evertje van Dijkhuizen, Nijkerk († 1849)
• Bouwe Garrelts, Nieuwolda († 1813)
• Elizabeth Hoover Oberholtzer († 1835)

• Gerrit-Willem Kemink
• Grietje Luppen (74), Wymeer, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Johannes van Cruchten (0), St. Odiliënberg
• Johanna Brugma (50), Mensingeweer en Maarslag
• Johannes Wiltraut (53), Hundhausen, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Johannes Wild Traut (53), Hundhausen
• Friedrich von Hessen-Kassel (11), Hanau, Allemagne
• Brunone ( Remmerij ) Remmery, Avekapelle
• Maartje Ariensd Morsch (30), Limmen
• Lena Jansz Hakkers (57), De Werken

• 1754 » Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic († 1836)
• 1757 » Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat († 1811)
• 1762 » Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1774 » Auguste de Marmont, French general († 1852)
• 1789 » Mahmud II, Ottoman sultan († 1839)
• 1804 » Richard Owen, English biologist, anatomist, and paleontologist († 1892)
• 1822 » Gregor Mendel, Austro-German monk, geneticist and botanist († 1884)
• 1838 » Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager († 1899)
• 1838 » Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English civil servant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1928)
• 1838 » William Paine Lord, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Oregon († 1911)

• 1704 » Peregrine White, English-American farmer and soldier (b. 1620)
• 1752 » Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (b. 1667)
• 1816 » Gavrila Derzhavin, Russian poet and politician (b. 1743)
• 1866 » Bernhard Riemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1826)
• 1897 » Jean Ingelow, English poet and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 » William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1903 » Leo XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Demetrius Vikelas, Greek businessman and author (b. 1835)
• 1908 » Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, German geophysicist and seismologist (b. 1881)
• 1910 » Anderson Dawson, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Queensland (b. 1863)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Joannes
7. Jacob
8. Willem
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Jean
14. Klaas
15. John
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Trijntje
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Antje
14. Adriana
15. Jannetje
16. Elizabeth

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 14 » American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
• March 22 » The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
• June 4 » Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
• August 17 » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
• August 23 » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
• October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

The temperature on July 20, 1784 was about 18.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.