March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
October 25 » King George III succeeds to the British throne on death of his grandfather George II
November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.
Day of death February 13, 1784
The temperature on February 13, 1784 was about -12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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.
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