About the day » Monday October 18, 1784Calender converter

• Anna de Neijs, Woensdrecht, Nederland († 1876)
• Christine Afflerbach, Zinse, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1820)
• Barbara Kampen (Campen), Katert († 1848)
• Adriana Van der Waal, in IJsselmonde, eiland IJsselmonde, ZH., NL († 1846)
• Cornelia van Linden, Schalkwijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Daminianus Lippes, Kekerdom, Gelderland, Nederland († 1849)
• Adrianus Mollen, Hoogeloon († 1860)
• Aart Riksen Vos, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1857)
• Dirkje VAN DE POLDER, Heijnenoord, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Aard Riksen Vos, Apeldoorn († 1857)

• Cornelis Muijsson (1), Rotterdam
• Aalt WOUTERZEN (54), Lunteren,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Leende (65), Overpelt, België
• Aariaantje Scheijgrond (76), Heenvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ariaantje hallingsdr schrijgrond (76), heenvliet (zuid holland)
• Cosmas Gerritsz Broekhof (34), Noordwijk
• Arnolda Petri Roovers (68), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Niederlande
• Cors Gerritsz. Broekhof (34), Noordwijk
• Antoine Joseph PLOUVIER (75), Gommegnies,59144, Frankrijk
• Adriaantje Hallings Scheijgrond (76), Heenvliet

• 1741 » Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author († 1803)
• 1777 » Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet († 1811)
• 1785 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet († 1866)
• 1792 » Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian († 1853)
• 1804 » Mongkut, Thai king († 1868)
• 1822 » Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire († 1883)
• 1831 » Frederick III, German Emperor († 1888)
• 1836 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz († 1911)
• 1850 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic († 1935)
• 1854 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer († 1911)

• 1739 » António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
• 1744 » Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
• 1770 » John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
• 1775 » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
• 1817 » Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (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.
• 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.
• October 22 » Russia founds a colony on Kodiak Island, Alaska.

The temperature on October 18, 1784 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.