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Birthday January 22, 1784

• The temperature on January 22, 1784 was about -2.0 °C. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1784: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1781 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor († 1849)
• 1788 » Lord Byron, English poet and playwright († 1824)
• 1792 » Lady Lucy Whitmore, English noblewoman, hymn writer († 1840)
• 1796 » Karl Ernst Claus, Estonian-Russian chemist, botanist, and academic († 1864)
• 1797 » Maria Leopoldina of Austria († 1826)
• 1799 » Ludger Duvernay, Canadian journalist, publisher, and politician († 1852)