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• Anthonius Stuijts, Stabroek (B) († 1862)
• Aaltje Roelofs van Olst, Oldebroek, Gld. Nederland († 1870)
• Aldert Ruigrok, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Jansen, Leeuwarden
• Anna Maria Hackmann, Dersum
• albertine HANOT, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut († 1844)
• Bernardus Morselt, Borne, Nederland († 1873)
• Adelbertus Hondeborg, Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Schlesinger († 1840)
• Barbara De bruyn, Bornem († 1825)

• (73), Niel, Antwerp, Belgium
• Aard Hendrikse Ederveen (66), Amerongen, Nederland
• Aart Hendriksz Elderveen (52), Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Cornelia Bax (2)
• Anna Struyf, Niel, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Catharina Savelkoul (23), Grevenbicht, Hertogdom Gulik
• Cornelia Bax (2)
• Elisabeth Lammerts (62), Klein Maarslag
• Charlotte Wilhelmina Louize de Man (0), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Hendrikse Ederveen (66), Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1753 » Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian († 1827)
• 1766 » Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian († 1815)
• 1781 » Frederica of Baden, Queen consort to Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden († 1826)
• 1784 » William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster († 1856)
• 1795 » George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician († 1858)
• 1795 » William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto († 1861)
• 1806 » Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States († 1863)
• 1807 » James Abbott, Indian Army officer († 1896)
• 1815 » Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician († 1896)
• 1821 » John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada († 1893)

• 1648 » Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
• 1699 » Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
• 1898 » Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
• 1916 » Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
• 1925 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)

• 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.
• 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).
• 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 March 12, 1784 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken.