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• Andries Teunisz Wols, Mijnsheerenland, Nederland
• Antonia Graafmans, Gilze († 1859)
• Abele Durks de Vries, Langezwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1837)
• Antonia Maria Graafmans, Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1859)
• Antonia Graafmans, Gilze Rijen
• Clara Neuper, Bad Mitterndorf,Liezen,Steiermark,Österreich,A
• Abram Louis Grandjean Perrenoud Comtesse († 1824)
• Andries Wolst, Mijnsheerenland († 1846)
• (2) Cornelis Cornelisz Kolken, Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1870)
• Antoine Joseph COMPERE, Liège, Ferrieres, Wallonie, Belgique († 1842)

• Aplonia VERMEER, Moordrecht
• Hendrik Petersen Mosterd, Nijkerk
• Hendrik Petersen Mosterd (58), Gemeente Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Daniel BROEDELET (55), Utrecht, 5553, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jan Meijnen Fidom (98), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Catherine BUNTZ (68), Mortzwiller 68780 Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France
• Maria de Bresser (63), Boxtel (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Kornelis Gerrits Benschop (60), Benschop
• Andreas Egidius Ore (0), Kortessem (B)
• Daniel Danielsz. Broedelet (55), Silversteeg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)

• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 7, 1784 was about 15.0 °C. There was 220 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.