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• Anna Maria Kaulen († 1789)
• Anna Clara Margaretha Elisabeth (Margaretha) KERRIE KARRJE KARJE KARIE KARRIE († 1856)
• Antoine Joseph Ahn, Moresnet (B)
• Andries van der Vlerk, Utrecht († 1836)
• Anna Maria Rijks Riphagen, Oene, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland († 1837)
• Aagje Confurius, Almkerk en Emmikhoven
• Anna Maria Riphagen, Oene
• Adriaanij van der Laan, Waarder, Nederland
• Anna Maria Riphagen (Rijks), Oene (Gem. Epe) († 1837)
• Aartje Abrahams van den Berg, Garderen-Drie, Gelderland, Nederland († 1863)

• Annigje Ariensd Visser (85), Sliedrecht
• Alard Wijnand Hackfort (72), Loenen, Gelderland, Nederland
• André Joseph Misere (0), Haisnes
• Annigje Ariensd Visser, Sliedrecht
• Carolus Henricus Pissoet (1), Brusseghem
• Antonius Petri VAN UDEN (55), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Ariaentje Ariens (169), Sliedrecht
• Anna Antonie Peeters, Hooge Mierde
• Catharina VAN STEENBEEK (71), Zaventem
• Antonij Petri Van Uden van Uden (55), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1737 » Thomas Paine, prominent for publishing Common Sense (1776), which established him as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States († 1809)
• 1749 » Christian VII of Denmark († 1808)
• 1754 » Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio († 1806)
• 1756 » Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia († 1818)
• 1761 » Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1849)
• 1782 » Daniel Auber, French composer († 1871)
• 1801 » Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor († 1857)
• 1810 » Ernst Kummer, Polish-German mathematician and academic († 1893)
• 1810 » Mary Whitwell Hale, American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter († 1862)
• 1843 » William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States († 1901)

• 1706 » Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
• 1737 » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
• 1743 » André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
• 1763 » Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
• 1820 » George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
• 1829 » István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
• 1829 » Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)
• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)

• 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 11 » The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
• April 9 » The Treaty of Paris, ratified by the United States Congress on January 14, 1784, is ratified by King George III of the Kingdom of Great Britain, ending the American Revolutionary War. Copies of the ratified documents are exchanged on May 12, 1784.
• 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 January 29, 1784 was about -7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: betrokken.