1784 deaths

French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)

English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)

first African-American poet (1753–1784)

German composer, organist, harpsichordist (1710-1784)

18th-century European adventurer and intellectual

Swedish chemist

Italian composer (1706–1784)

Christian missionary

Russian mathematician (1740-1784)

Danish zoologist (1730-1784)

French cartographer and astronomer (1714-1784)

Scottish portrait painter (1713-1784)

Genevan naturalist (1710-1784)

Prussian princess

English Shaker leader (1736-1784)

American politician (1728-1784)

French astronomer and botanist (1703-1784)

Russian poet

Polish noble

French chemist

French writer and scholar

French painter (1735-1784)

Italian mathematician and astronomer (1728-1784)

Japanese painter, calligrapher, and poet (1727–1784)

King of Imereti

French man of letters and erudition (1709-1784)

Roman Catholic bishop (1719–1784)

Catholic cardinal

Italian cardinal

Italian painter (1709-1781)

Monegasque prince (1697-1784)

Plantation owner and public official from South Carolina (1717–1784)

Vietnamese writer (1726–1784)

Foundress of Presentation Sisters

Governor of the Californias

Roman Catholic archbishop (1708-1784)

Spanish colonial governor (1711-1784)

Brazilian orator, poet and priest

English engraver and cartographer (1718–1784)

Spanish general and colonial governor (1717-1784)

composer and pianist

Field Marshal of Russia (1722-1784)

British missionary

American quaker teacher and abolitionist

French clergyman, writer and philologist

Qing Dynasty poet

Italian painter (1712-1784)

Dutch nobleman (1741–1784)

Marshal of France (1698-1780)

rabbi

French painter and university professor (1725-1784)

Marshal of France (1718-1784)

Italian composer and organist

18th-century French librettist

metropolitan of Montenegro

Prince of Wallachia

Ottoman grand vizier (1723–1784)

German theologian

18th century Italian composer

American artist (1737–1784)