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• Amarentie Maertens KLINKENBERG, Charlois († 1785)
• Egbert Dirksz Buter, Zuid-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Beem, Slooterdijk
• Cornelia Snellen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1852)
• Arendiena Stoffels, Zwolle
• Christiaan Pietersz van Goolen († 1858)
• Franciscus Bos, Mijzij
• Cornelia Snellen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Pranke van Bloois, Dreischor († 1786)
• Fetje Siegers, Lippenhuizen, Friesland, Nederland († 1848)

• Gerardus Walterus (Gerrit) Dickmans (73), Hedel
• Cornelis Jongeneelen (41), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Francisca Vandierendonck (0), Blankenberge
• Catharina "Susanna" Haesbaert (75), Kleve,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Catharina Susanna HAESBAERT (75), Kleve (Noordrijn-Westfalen) Duitsland
• Gerret Cornelisz Fons (63), Maasland
• Elisabeth van de Poele (53), Sint-Gillis-Waas
• Elisabeth Kloot (35), Wijk bij Duurstede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Evert Gerritsen van Achterberg, Ederveen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henderik de Gou (2), Den Haag

• 1740 » James Boswell, Scottish lawyer and author († 1795)
• 1808 » Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist († 1873)
• 1812 » Louise Granberg, Swedish playwright († 1907)
• 1815 » Dan Emmett, American composer († 1904)
• 1822 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Russian-Polish cardinal († 1902)
• 1831 » James Boucaut, English-Australian politician, 11th Premier of South Australia († 1916)
• 1832 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint († 1869)
• 1837 » Harriet Powers, American folk artist and quilter († 1910)
• 1855 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop († 1939)
• 1856 » Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic († 1941)

• 1666 » Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)
• 1666 » James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)
• 1783 » Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)
• 1804 » Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
• 1829 » Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)
• 1877 » Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)
• 1885 » George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (b. 1826)
• 1892 » William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)
• 1897 » Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)
• 1901 » Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)

• 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.
• 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 29, 1784 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.