1784 deaths

German theologian

18th century Italian composer

British politician

Italian composer and organist

metropolitan of Montenegro

Marshal of France (1718-1784)

American physician

Continental Army officer (1743-1784)

French writer (1699-1784)

Russian favourite (1758-1784)

American politician, New York (1730-1784)

American politician

Swiss librarian, economist and politician (1702-1784)

Czech violinist, composer and luteist

French composer

officer of the Royal Navy; served under James Cook (1750-1784)

Royal mistress

Polish general

Ethiopian warlord (1691-1779)

Irish poet

Czech violinist and composer

Irish artist (1718–1784)

Italian painter (1705-1784)

Dutch art collector, member of science societies, and banker (1737-1784)

French pipe organ builder

French littérateur (1707-1784)

Concubine of Chinese Emperor Qianlong

Indonesian hero

Finnish physician who promoted vaccinations and especially against smallpox in Ostrobothnia

engraver from the Northern Netherlands (1712-1784)

German prince

German sculptor (1704-1784)

Polish Catholic archbishop

British opera singer

Swedish admiral

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1721-1784)

American poet

Swedish cabinet maker (1741–1784)

Prussian noble (1708-1784)

Swedish physician, chemist and explorer (1716 – 1784)

Spanish painter (1725-1824)

German businessman (1730-1784)

American colonial governor (1741-1784)

1724 - 1784

French military officer (1736-1784)

Moderator of the general Assembly of the Church of Scotland

Poet and scholar

Colonial Governor of South Carolina

English physician and experimental physiologist

Parisian engraver, goldsmith and silversmith (1707–1784)

Carniolan priest, writer and businessman

Russian mystic

Spanish painter and writer (1739-1784)

Polish noble (1712–1784)

American politician (1740-1784)

British noble

Italian painter (1717-1784)

French writer and publisher (1712–1784)

British economist