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• Elbert Bitter, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Maria Hofkens, Baarle Nassau († 1848)
• Aalt Besselsen, Lunteren
• Anna Kunigunda (Kenitor) Ifft, Vollmerz, Ramholtz, Germany († 1837)
• Christiaan Pese, Hengelo, Oberyssel, Holland († 1788)
• Antje IJsbrands van der Wal, Stiens († 1828)
• Aalt Besselsen, Lunteren
• Elizabeth Smith, Kilmartin,Argyll,Scotland
• Hofkens Anna Maria, Wortel, Antwerpen, België († 1848)
• Adriana Calluij, Ekeren, Antwerpen († 1806)

• Hendrik Evertsen Kok (36), Emiclaar, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jenneke Vermeulen (67), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henderik
• Aagje Cornelisdr Vermaat (71), Hekelingen
• Elisabeth Schmidt (53), Feudingen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joannes Van Middelem (74), Hooglede
• Joanna Craeghs, Roosteren (Echt-Susteren), Limburg, Nederland
• Henricus Blank (49), 's-Hertogenbosch 5212, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Joanna Craeghs, Roosteren
• Antje Louw Low (56), Ulster County, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1727 » Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic († 1806)
• 1768 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician († 1854)
• 1798 » Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1831–49) († 1849)
• 1800 » Nat Turner, American slave and uprising leader († 1831)
• 1815 » James Agnew, Northern Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania († 1901)
• 1821 » Alexander P. Stewart, American general († 1908)
• 1824 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman († 1884)
• 1828 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France († 1896)
• 1832 » Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic († 1917)
• 1847 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany († 1934)

• 1724 » François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
• 1746 » Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
• 1764 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
• 1775 » Fukuda Chiyo-ni, Japanese nun and poet (b. 1703)
• 1780 » John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
• 1782 » Charles Lee, English-born American general (b. 1732)
• 1786 » Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 » Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)

• 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)
• 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.
• 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 October 2, 1784 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.