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• Adriana van der Linden, Ijsselstein
• Aaltje Cornelis Jongeboer, Terschelling (Frl.) († 1851)
• Adriana Brand
• Augustinus Josephus van Oost, Deinze (B) († 1857)
• Anna Elisabeth LAMBRECHTS, Hulshout
• Arnoldus Walthers Willems Verstegen, Zeeland (N.Br.) († 1832)
• Catarina Sleeking, Amersfoort
• Catarina Sleeking, Amersfoort, Utrecht Nederland
• Christiaan de Jonge, 's-Heerenhoek, Zeeland, Nederland
• Angela De Pelsmaeker, Haaltert

• Barbara Geentjens (105), Wechelderzande
• Barbara Geentjens, Wechelterzande
• Cornelis van Bruchem (3)
• Cornelia van Rossum (78), Vleuten
• Aaltje Bastiaanse Vuyren (87), Haastrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Sas (53), Boom (Antwerpen, België)
• André RONDEAU (49), Esvres, 37320, France
• Duifke Idses Banga (55), Hantumhuizen
• Barber Hindriks (44), Noorwolde
• Anna Cornelia den Hollander, Lith, Nederland

• 1746 » George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician († 1823)
• 1768 » Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king († 1844)
• 1797 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) († 1849)
• 1800 » Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States († 1874)
• 1814 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)
• 1815 » Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)
• 1827 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time († 1915)
• 1830 » Albert Bierstadt, American painter († 1902)
• 1831 » Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union († 1897)
• 1832 » James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria († 1908)

• 1700 » Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)
• 1715 » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 1758 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)
• 1767 » Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (b. 1703)
• 1770 » Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)
• 1812 » Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (b. 1768)
• 1830 » John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)
• 1830 » Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (b. 1769)
• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

The temperature on January 7, 1784 was about -10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.