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• Anna Meermans, Duizel († 1847)
• Anthonius Kragten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1863)
• Anna Verbeek, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van den Berg, Bronkhorst († 1859)
• Catharina Herstraten (Harstraten), Standdaarbuiten († 1864)
• Baartje (Barteltje, Bardje) Pieters Niemeijer, Oudehaske († 1859)
• Antonij Kragten, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1863)
• Antje Hendriks Verbeek, Monster († 1834)
• Anthonius Kragten, Utrecht († 1863)
• Anna Steenbeek, Soest

• François TREMOUREUX (86), Montoir-de-Bretagne, 44103, Loire Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
• Emeritina Jan Driessen, Veghel
• Cornelis Gerrits KORVER (19), Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dorothy Christian (27), Hotwells, Bristol, England
• Geertje Jans de Boer (26), Hauwert
• Aarne Harmsen Nijland (61), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Bruggers (66), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelius Adrianus Sterckx (70)
• Albertjen Elzes Bruggers, Bellingwolde
• Been (1), Hierden

• 1735 » Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer († 1800)
• 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
• 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
• 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
• 1781 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas († 1836)
• 1793 » Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician († 1855)
• 1808 » Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist († 1881)
• 1834 » William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer († 1861)
• 1838 » Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic († 1922)
• 1846 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)

• 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
• 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
• 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
• 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
• 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
• 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
• 1846 » Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)

• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 5, 1784 was about -9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.