Year nav topic 1784science The year 1784 in science and technology involved some significant events. Biology Publication of the Annals of Agriculture edited by Arthur Young writer Arthur Young begins in Great Britain . Peter Simon Pallas begins publication of Flora Rossica , the first Flora of Russia . Chemistry Antoine Lavoisier pioneers stoichiometry . Cholesterol is isolated. Mathematics Carl Friedrich Gauss , at the age of 7, pioneers the field of summation with the formula summing 1 n as n n 1 2. Medicine Angelique du Coudray Madame du Coudray , pioneer of modern midwifery in France , retires. Benjamin Franklin makes the first known specific reference in a letter to the wearing of bifocals bifocal spectacles . ref cite web title The Inventor of Bifocals? author The College of Optometrists url http www.college optometrists.org en knowledge centre museyeum online exhibitions artgallery bifocals.cfm accessdate 2011 06 21 ref Paleontology The first description of a Pterodactylus fossil is made by Cosimo Alessandro Collini, although he is unable to determine what kind of creature it is. ref cite journal last Collini first C. A. year 1784 title Sur quelques Zoolithes du Cabinet d Histoire ... . ref cite journal title Experiments on Air jstor 106582 first Henry last Cavendish year 1784 journal ... in science 1856 June 17 Andrew Crosse , English gentleman scientist , pioneer experimenter in electricity d. 1855 in science 1855 July 22 Friedrich Bessel , German people German mathematician d. 1846 in science 1846 Deaths May 12 Abraham Trembley , Switzerland Swiss naturalist b. 1710 in science 1710 September 1 Jean Fran ois S guier , French people French astronomer and botanist b. 1703 in science 1703 September 4 C sar Fran ois Cassini de Thury , French astronomer b. 1714 in science 1714 References reflist Category 1784 in science fr 1784 en science hu 1784 a tudom nyban mk 1784 sv Vetenskaps ret 1784 ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1784 Year nav 1784 C18 year in topic NOTOC Year 1784 Roman numerals MDCCLXXXIV was a leap year starting on Thursday link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the 11 day slower Julian calendar . Events onlyinclude January&ndash June January 6 &ndash The Turkey Turks agree to Russia Russia s annexation of the Crimea in the Treaty of Constantinople . January 14 &ndash The Congress of the United States US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris 1783 Treaty of Paris with Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain ... title Experiments on Air jstor 106582 first Henry last Cavendish year 1784 journal Philosophical ... , Italian musician b. 1706 August 10 &ndash Allan Ramsay 1713 1784 Allan Ramsay , Scottish painter ... DEFAULTSORT 1784 Category 1784 af 1784 am 1784 . . . ar 1784 an 1784 ast 1784 az 1784 bn zh min nan 1784 n map bms 1784 be 1784 be x old 1784 bh bcl 1784 bs 1784 br 1784 bg 1784 ca 1784 cv 1784 cs 1784 co 1784 cy 1784 da 1784 de 1784 et 1784 el 1784 myv 1784 es 1784 eo 1784 eu 1784 fa fr 1784 fy 1784 ga 1784 gd 1784 gl 1784 gan 1784 ko 1784 hy 1784 hi hr 1784. io 1784 bpy id 1784 ia 1784 os 1784 is 1784 it 1784 he 1784 jv 1784 kn krc 1784 ka 1784 csb 1784 kk 1784 sw 1784 ht 1784 almanak gregoryen la 1784 lv 1784. gads lb 1784 lt 1784 m. li 1784 lmo 1784 hu 1784 mk 1784 mi 1784 mr . . arz 1784 ms 1784 nah 1784 nl 1784 nds nl 1784 ne new ja 1784 nap 1784 no 1784 nn 1784 nrm 1784 nov 1784 oc 1784 mhr 1784 uz 1784 pi pnb 1784 nds 1784 pl 1784 pt 1784 ro 1784 qu 1784 ru 1784 sah 1784 se 1784 sa sq 1784 scn 1784 simple 1784 sk 1784 sl 1784 ckb sr 1784 sh 1784 su 1784 fi 1784 sv 1784 tl 1784 tt 1784 th . . 2327 tr 1784 tk 1784 uk 1784 ur 1784 vec 1784 vi 1784 vo 1784 fiu vro 1784 wa 1784 war 1784 yo 1784 zh yue 1784 zh 1784 ... more details
Year nav topic2 1784 paleontology science Year in paleontology header 1784 Paleontologists Birth of William Buckland , the polymath who was the first person to scientifically describe a Megalosaurus dinosaur . ref cite book last Farlow first James O. coauthors M. K. Brett Surmann title The Complete Dinosaur publisher Indiana University Press date 1999 location Bloomington, Indiana pages 7 isbn 0 253 21313 4 ref References references Category 18th century in paleontology Category 1784 in science Paleontology paleo stub sci hist stub ... more details
Events from the year 1784 in Denmark . Incumbents Monarch &ndash Christian VII of Denmark HM Christian VII Prime minister &ndash Ove H egh Guldberg , Andreas Peter Bernstorff Events Undated Births Empty section date July 2011 Deaths Empty section date July 2011 References reflist See also Commons category 1784 in Denmark Denmark year nav DEFAULTSORT 1784 In Denmark Category 1784 in Denmark Category 1784 by country Denmark Category Years of the 18th century in Denmark ... more details
Infobox planet width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Benguella symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer C. Jackson discovery site Johannesburg discovered June 30, 1935 designations yes mp name 1784 alt names 1935 MG named after Benguela mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 2.7236296 perihelion 2.0870876 semimajor eccentricity 0.1323175 period 1362.5993430 avg speed inclination 1.47286 asc node 95.29351 mean anomaly 196.57920 arg peri 185.18800 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.0763 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 12.30 1784 Benguella 1935 MG is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on June 30, 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg . The asteroid is named after Benguela formerly spelled Benguella in Angola . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 1784 Benguella JPL Small Body Database Browser on 1784 Benguella Minor planets navigator 1783 Albitskij 1785 Wurm Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Benguella Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for places Category Discoveries by Cyril V. Jackson Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1935 Beltasteroid stub de 1784 Benguella eo 1784 Benguelo fa it 1784 Benguella la 1784 Benguella hu 1784 Benguella no 1784 Benguella nn 1784 Benguella pl 1784 Benguella pt 1784 Benguella sk 1784 Benguella sr 1784 Benguella tl 1784 Benguella uk 1784 vi 1784 Benguella yo 1784 Benguella ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 Year nav topic 1784 architecture The year 1784 in architecture involved some significant events. Events In St. Petersburg, Russia , at the Gardens of Orienbaum , a ride is built that features carriages that undulate over hills within grooved tracks see roller coaster . Buildings In New London, Connecticut , the town hall is built 1784 85 . Ishak Pasha Palace is built. Works start in Palacio de La Moneda La Moneda Palace , originally intended to house the Spanish Mint coin Mint House in Kingdom of Chile Colonial Chile Awards Grand Prix de Rome , architecture unknown . Births unknown commonscat 1784 Deaths unknown DEFAULTSORT 1784 In Architecture Category 1784 architecture fr 1784 en architecture mk 1784 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Events from the year 1784 in Canada . Events August 16 In response to Loyalist American Revolution Loyalist demands, the Crown creates New Brunswick out of Nova Scotia . 1784 North West Company Built up Grand portage as a general summer rendezvous for all companies and free traders, drawing furs from as far as Oregon and the Arctic Circle . David Thompson explorer David Thompson begins apprenticeship on Hudson Bay James Cook s journal of his last voyage published in London Births June 21 Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet , army officer and colonial administrator d. 1854 in Canada 1854 October 19 John McLoughlin , physician, fur trader, and merchant d. 1857 in Canada 1857 Deaths January 28 Henry Allen theologian Henry Allen , evangelist, hymnist, and theologian b. 1748 in Canada 1748 December 13 Dr. Samuel Johnson dies in London. b. 1709 in Canada 1709 Full date unknown Laurence Coughlan , Methodist preacher, Church of England clergyman, and local official BNA year nav DEFAULTSORT 1784 In Canada Category 1784 by country Canada Category Years of the 18th century in Canada 84 fr 1784 au Canada ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic2 1784 literature poetry Events The founding of the Methodist Church by John Wesley Gottlieb Jakob Planck becomes professor of theology at G ttingen New books Thomas Astle The Origin and Progress of Writing George Berkeley Works Edmund Burke Speech on the East India Bill Thomas Chatterton Supplement to the Miscellanies James Cook A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean George Bubb Dodington Diary William Godwin Sketches of History Samuel Horsley Letters from the Archdeacon of St. Albans Immanuel Kant What is Enlightenment? William Mitford The History of Greece Antoine de Rivarol Sur l universalit de la langue fran aise Arthur Young writer Arthur Young Annals of Agriculture Poetry main 1784 in poetry Anonymous Rolliad Mary Alcock The Air Balloon Richard Jago Poems Anna Seward Louisa Charlotte Turner Smith Elegaic Sonnets Helen Maria Williams An Ode on the Peace Peru Fiction Anonymous Dangerous Connections transl. of Les liaisons dangereuses Robert Bage Barham Downs Eliza Bromley Laura and Augustus an Authentic Story William Combe Original Love letters William Godwin Damon and Delia Italian Letters Thomas Holcroft Tales of the Castle New drama Hannah Cowley A Bold Stroke for a Husband More Ways Than One Richard Cumberland The Carmelite The Natural Son Thomas Holcroft The Follies of the Day translation of Pierre Beaumarchais Lang fr Le Mariage de Figaro Elizabeth Inchbald Mogul Tale Friedrich Schiller Intrigue and Love Kabale und Liebe Births January 31 Bernard Barton , poet May 18 William Tennant , Scottish poet November 17 Julia Nyberg , Swedish poet date unknown Antoine Raifteiri , last of the wandering bards James Henry Leigh Hunt Leigh ..., writer, and husband of Laetitia Pilkington Denis Diderot Awards DEFAULTSORT 1784 In Literature Category 1784 books fr 1784 en litt rature mk 1784 pl 1784 w literaturze pt 1784 na literatura sq 1784 n literatur sv Kultur ret 1784 ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 YearInIrelandNav 1784 Events The Old Bushmills Distillery became an officially registered company The post of Postmasters General of Ireland established Births 12 May James Sheridan Knowles , dramatist and actor d. 1862 in Ireland 1862 . 20 September Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet , geologist d. 1878 in Ireland 1878 . Full date unknown Richard Church general Richard Church , soldier, military officer and general in the Hellenic Army Greek Army d. 1873 in Ireland 1873 . Thomas Barnwall Martin , soldier, landowner and politician d. 1847 in Ireland 1847 . Antoine Raifteiri , Irish language poet d. 1835 in Ireland 1835 . Deaths 3 April John Gore, 1st Baron Annaly , politician and peer b. 1718 in Ireland 1718 . 26 April Nano Nagle , founder of the Presentation Sisters b. 1718 in Ireland 1718 . 29 May George Barret, Sr. , artist b. c1730 . DEFAULTSORT 1784 In Ireland Category Years of the 18th century in Ireland Category 1784 by country Ireland Category 1784 in Ireland Category 1780s in Ireland ... more details
1784 in sports describes the year s events in world sport. Boxing Events With Duggan Fearns inactive or retired, the Championship of England title remains vacant until 1787. ref http www.cyberboxingzone.com boxing barenuk.htm Cyber Boxing Zone English bare knuckle champions . Retrieved on 7 November 2009. ref Cricket Events First appearance in major cricket of the White Conduit Club , forerunner of Marylebone Cricket Club MCC England Champion County ref An unofficial seasonal title proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. ref inconclusive Most runs ref name cards Note that scorecards created in the 18th century are not necessarily accurate or complete therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and the missing data prevents effective computation of averages ref James Aylward 55 Most wickets ref name cards William Bullen 8 Horse racing England Epsom Derby Sergeant Epsom Oaks Stella St. Leger Stakes Omphale References Reflist Sports by year to 1850 Category Sports by year 1784 Category 1784 in sports sport year stub sv Sport ret 1784 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic 1784 art Events Works Image David Oath of the Horatii 1784.jpg right thumb 300px Jacques Louis David , Oath of the Horatii , 1784, Louvre , Paris Jacques Louis David painting Oath of the Horatii See also Category 1784 paintings Awards Births January 21 Peter De Wint , English landscape painter d. 1849 in art 1849 February 29 Leo von Klenze , German Neoclassicism neoclassicist architect , Painting painter and writer d. 1864 in art 1864 June 4 Fran ois Rude , French sculptor d. 1855 in art 1855 September 23 Peter von Cornelius , German painter d. 1867 in art 1867 October Sarah Biffen , disabled painter d. 1850 in art 1850 December 26 Antoni Brodowski , Polish Neo classicist painter and pedagogue d. 1832 in art 1832 date unknown John Cox Dillman Engleheart , miniature painter d. 1862 in art 1862 Deaths May 29 George Barret, Sr. , Irish landscape artist best known for his portraits of the British countryside b. 1730 in art 1730 July 15 Johann Baptist Straub , German Rococo sculptor b. 1704 in art 1704 August 10 Allan Ramsay artist Allan Ramsay , Scottish portrait painter b. 1713 in art 1713 August 14 Nathaniel Hone the Elder Nathaniel Hone , portrait painter b. 1718 in art 1718 September 15 Nicolas Bernard L pici , French painter b. 1735 in art 1735 October 29 Giuseppe Zais , Italy Italian painter of landscape painting landscapes Veduta vedutisti b. 1709 in art 1709 date unknown Antonio Beltrami , Italian painter b. 1724 in art 1724 Andrea Casali Italy Italian painter of the Rococo period b. 1705 in art 1705 Giuseppe Bottani Italian painter b. 1717 in art 1717 DEFAULTSORT 1784 In Art Category 1784 Art Category Years of the 18th century in art mk 1784 ... more details
Year in Norway 1784 Events Empty section date July 2010 Arts and literature Empty section date July 2010 Births 7 March Svend Borchmann Hersleb , professor of theology and politician d. 1836 in Norway 1836 11 July Olaus Michael Schmidt , judge and politician d. 1851 in Norway 1851 26 September Christopher Hansteen , astronomer and physicist d. 1873 in Norway 1873 Full date unknown Michael Sevald Aamodt , politician d. 1859 in Norway 1859 Christian Ulrik Kastrup , jurist, military officer and politician d. 1850 in Norway 1850 J rgen Herman Vogt , politician d. 1862 in Norway 1862 T rris Johnsen Worum , politician Deaths Years in Norway during the union with Denmark nav Category 1784 in Europe Norway ... more details
Year in Wales header 1784 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1784 to Wales and Welsh people its people . Incumbents Prince of Wales George IV of the United Kingdom George, Prince Regent Princess of Wales vacant Events March 30 Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon Lloyd Kenyon becomes Master of the Rolls . May 14 Thomas James Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley , is created Baron Bulkeley . July Hester Thrale marries Gabriele Piozzi, much to the displeasure of Dr Samuel Johnson . July 28 Lloyd Kenyon is raised to a baronetcy. Henry Bayly Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge Henry Bayly Paget, 9th Baron Paget , is created Earl of Uxbridge . Samuel Homfray and his brother quarrel with Anthony Bacon industrialist Anthony Bacon and take out a lease of one of the richest iron ore deposits in the district which develops into the Penydarren ironworks . Lady Henrietta Antonia Herbert, heiress of the Earl of Powis , marries Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis Edward Clive, 2nd Baron Clive of Plassey . Arts and literature New books Richard Price Importance of the American Revolution Music Edward Jones harpist Edward Jones Bardd y Brenin The Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards Births January 17 Joseph Tregelles Price , ironmaster died 1854 date unknown Walter Coffin , coal owner died 1867 Anthony Hill industrialist Anthony Hill , ironmaster died 1862 Deaths April 5 David Williams 1709 1784 David Williams , minister and schoolmaster, 74? Category 1784 by country Wales Category 1784 in Great Britain Wales ... more details
Year nav topic 1784 music Events March Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gives the first performances of his Piano Concerto No. 15 Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 at the Trattnerhof and Burgtheater in Vienna April 29 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and violinist Regina Strinasacchi perform Mozart s Sonata in B flat for Violin and Keyboard K.454 for the first time, in the presence of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor . June 13 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart s Piano Concerto No. 17 is performed for the first time, by his student, Barbara Ployer Barbara von Ployer . Giovanni Paisiello is in the audience. December 11 Mozart is received into the Masonic lodge Beneficence . Classical music Michael Haydn Symphony in B flat major Symphony in C major Giovanni Battista Viotti Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D major Duetto concertante for 2 Violins in D minor Opera Andr Gr try Richard Coeur de lion opera Richard Coeur de Lion Joseph Haydn Armida Haydn Armida Thomas Linley the elder Thomas Linley The Spanish Rivals Antonio Salieri Les Dana des Il ricco d un giorno libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte Andrea Luchesi Ademira Giovanni Paisiello Il Re Teodoro Births January 1 William Beale , composer and organist January 27 Martin Joseph Mengal , composer January 29 Ferdinand Ries , composer January 31 Carl Wilhelm Henning , composer February 3 John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland John Fane , composer and diplomat February 27 Job Plimpton , composer April 8 Dionisio Aguado , guitarist and composer July 27 George Onslow composer George Onslow , composer August 5 Louis Spohr , composer, violinist and conductor August 23 Jeanette W sselius , operatic soprano September 7 Frantisek Max Knize , composer October 15 Thomas Hastings composer Thomas Hastings , composer November 7 Friedrich Wilhelm Kalkbrenner , German pianist and composer December 1 Francois Henri Joseph Castil Blaze , composer Deaths January 11 Ferdinand Philipp ... singer b. 1763 Category 1784 in music mk 1784 pt 1784 na m sica sq 1784 n muzik ... more details
Year nav topic2 1784 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation s poetry or literature for instance, Irish poetry Irish or French poetry France . Events About this year, the Sturm und Drang movement ended in German poetry German literature including poetry and music, which began in the late 1760s. The conventional translation is Storm and Stress a more literal translation, however, might be storm and urge , storm and longing , storm and drive or storm and impulse . Works published File SmithElegiacSonnetsTitle.png thumb 200px Frontespiece of Elegiac Sonnets by Charlotte Turner Smith English poetry United Kingdom Anonymous, Rolliad Mary Alcock , The Air Balloon ref name cocel Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0 19 860634 6 ref Thomas Chatterton , A Supplement to the Miscellanies of Thomas Chatterton , poetry and prose see also, Miscellanies 1778 in poetry 1778 , published posthumously died 1770 in poetry 1770 ref name cocel Richard Jago , Poems, Moral and Descriptive ref name cocel Anna Seward , Louisa A poetical novel ref name cocel Charlotte Turner Smith , Elegaic Sonnets, and Other Essays see also Elegaic Sonnets 1797 in poetry 1797 ref name cocel Helen Maria Williams An Ode on the Peace Peru ref name cocel Other variste de Parny , l gies , French poetry France Births Death years link to the corresponding year in poetry article January 31 &ndash Bernard Barton died 1849 in poetry 1849 , Quaker poet July 27 Denis Davydov died 1839 in poetry 1839 , Russian soldier poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented a specific genre hussar poetry noted for its hedonism and bravado October 19 &ndash James Henry Leigh Hunt Leigh Hunt died 1859 in poetry 1859 , English ... in 1784 while working on a second book of poetry, which has now been lost ref Women s Political ... cultures and languages Lists of poets Category 1700s in poetry Category 1784 Poetry Category 1784 ... more details
The following elections occurred in the year 1784. TOC left British general election, 1784 See also Category 1784 elections Category Lists of elections by year ... more details
John Bond 11 May 1717 30 May 1784 was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle UK Parliament constituency Corfe Castle , 29 Jun 1747 28 May 1761 and 2 Apr 1764 9 Sep 1780. ref http www.leighrayment.com commons Ccommons5.htm ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Bond, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British politician DATE OF BIRTH 11 May 1717 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 30 May 1784 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Bond, John Category 1717 births Category 1784 deaths Category British MPs 1747 1754 Category British MPs 1754 1761 Category British MPs 1761 1768 Category British MPs 1768 1774 Category British MPs 1774 1780 UK MP stub ... more details
CGBY temp CGBY2 code fore 1783 year 1784 aft 1785 Portugal Angola Military junta 1782 1784 Jos de Almeida e Vasconcellos de Soveral e Carvalho , Governor of Angola 1784 1790 Macau Bernardo Aleixo de Lemos e Faria , Governor of Macau 1783 1788 ... more details
David Williams 1700s in Wales 1709 5 April 1784 in Wales 1784 was an Independent minister and schoolmaster. His pupils included the philosopher David Williams philosopher David Williams , with whom he is sometimes confused. Williams was born in Pwll y pant near Caerphilly . He studied for the ministry at the Carmarthen Academy, and in 1734 became minister of a chapel in Cardiff . In 1739, he took over the newly built Watford chapel, where he entertained Howell Harris shortly afterwards. Williams and Harris later quarrelled, and the Methodist members of Williams congregation formed a separate unit. His first wife, Mary, died in 1745, and he re married, another Mary. One of his sons, Thomas Williams, took over from him as minister at Watford. Sources http wbo.llgc.org.uk en s WILL DAV 1709.html Welsh Biography Online Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Williams, David ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1709 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1784 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Williams, David Category 1709 births Category 1784 deaths Category Welsh clergy Category Welsh schoolteachers Category Welsh Methodists Category 18th century Christian clergy UK Christian clergy stub ... more details
Yearbox US 1784 Events from the year 1784 in the United States . Events January 14 &ndash The Confederation Congress US Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris 1783 Treaty of Paris with Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain to end the American Revolutionary War . September 22 &ndash Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska . November 26 &ndash The Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore Apostolic Prefecture of the United States is established. December 25 &ndash The Methodist Episcopal Church , USA is officially formed at the so called Christmas Conference led by Thomas Coke Methodist Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury . Undated King Carlos III of the Spanish Empire authorizes land grants in Alta California . The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Morgansborough, named for Daniel Morgan . The town is designated as the county seat for Burke County, North Carolina and is subsequently renamed Morgantown and later shortened to become Morganton, North Carolina Morganton . The North Carolina General Assembly changes the name of Kingston, North Carolina, originally named for King George III of Great Britain , to Kinston, North Carolina Kinston . Benjamin Franklin tries in vain to persuade the France French to alter their clocks in winter to take advantage of the daylight. Benjamin Franklin invents bifocal spectacles . Kingdom of Great Britain Britain receives its first bales of imported United States American cotton . Births Empty section date October 2010 Deaths Div col coldwidth 30em Expand section date November 2011 June 26 Caesar Rodney , lawyer and Governor of Delaware President of Delaware b. 1728 External links Commons category inline US year nav Category 1784 in the United States fr 1784 aux tats Unis he 1784 ... more details
yearbox in? in rail transport cp 17th century c 18th century cf 19th century yp1 1781 yp2 1782 yp3 1783 year 1784 ya1 1785 ya2 1786 ya3 1787 dp3 1750s dp2 1760s dp1 1770s d 1780s dn1 1790s dn2 1800 1809 1800s dn3 1810s Events Empty section date July 2010 Births December 30 Stephen H. Long , United States American steam locomotive mechanical engineer who helped build the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad d. 1864 . ref White History of the American locomotive ref Deaths Empty section date July 2010 See also Years in rail transport References This article uses the Cite.php citation mechanism. If you would like more information on how to add references to this article, please see http meta.wikimedia.org wiki Cite Cite.php references Category 1780s in rail transport Category 1784 in transport Rail transport Category 1784 in rail transport Rai ... more details
John Hanbury 1744 1784 was one of a dynasty of ironmaster s responsible for the industrialisation and urbanisation of the eastern valley through which runs the Afon Llwyd in English grey river in Monmouthshire historic Monmouthshire around Pontypool . The Hanbury family lived in the manor house known as Pontypool Park House which now houses St. Alban s R.C. High School and Pontypool Museum . John Hanbury was the third of that name to head the family, and was the son of Capel Hanbury. His son Charles Hanbury Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley Charles Hanbury Tracy was created Baron Sudeley . Sources http wbo.llgc.org.uk en s HANB URY 1664.html Welsh Biography Online Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Hanbury, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1744 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1784 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Hanbury, John Category 1744 births Category 1784 deaths Category Welsh businesspeople Category Ironmasters Wales bio stub UK business bio 1740s stub fr John Hanbury III ... more details
otherpersons Richard Woodman lead too short date December 2010 File Charlotte AugustaByRichardWoodmam.jpg thumb right Princess Charlotte Augusta by Richard Woolman Richard Woodman 1784 1859 engraver ref http www.npg.org.uk collections search largerimage.php?LinkID mp07759&page 1&rNo 0&role art National Portrait Gallery ref Life Woodman was born in 1784 to an engraver also called Richard Woodman. He was lucky enough to be learn his engraving trade from Robert Mitchell Meadows . After learning his skills he earned his living completing a large number of portraits of well known people as book illustrations. One of his better works is a water colour of Princess Charlotte Augusta which is now, together with a fair number of engravings, in the National Portrait Gallery London National Portrait Gallery in London. He exhibited a number of works of art at the Royal Academy from 1820 to 1850. ref Dictionary of National Biography ref References commonscat Richard Woodman engraver reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Woodman, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English engraver DATE OF BIRTH 1784 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1859 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Woodman, Richard Category 1784 births Category 1859 deaths Category English engravers ... more details
George Lowther 1739 &ndash 18 August 1784 was an Irish Member of Parliament. He was the son of Gorges Lowther 1713 1792 Gorges Lowther of Kilrue, County Meath , by his wife Judith, daughter of John Ussher died 1741 John Ussher and sister of St George St George, 1st Baron St George St George Ussher , 1st Baron St George. He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Ratoath Parliament of Ireland constituency Ratoath from 1761 to 1768, for Ardee Parliament of Ireland constituency Ardee from 1768 to 1776 and for Newtownards Parliament of Ireland constituency Newtownards from 1783 to his death. By his wife Frances, daughter of Chambr Brabazon Ponsonby , he was father of Gorges Lowther 1769 1854 Gorges Lowther . References http www.leighrayment.com commons irelandcommons.htm http www.stirnet.com HTML genie british ll lowther3.htm Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lowther, George ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1739 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 18 August 1784 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lowther, George Category 1739 births Category 1784 deaths Category Members of the Parliament of Ireland pre 1801 ... more details
List of state leaders in 1783 1783 state leaders 1784 Events of 1784 List of state leaders in 1785 1785 state leaders State leaders by year Africa Ashanti Confederacy Osei Kwame Panyin , List of rulers of Asante Asantehene 1777 1803 Kingdom of Dahomey Dahomey Kpengla , King of Dahomey 1774 1789 Ethiopian Empire Ethiopia Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia Tekle Giyorgis I , Emperor of Ethiopia first reign, 1779 1784 Iyasu III of Ethiopia Iyasus III , Emperor of Ethiopia 1784 1788 Kingdom of Fouta Tooro Fouta Tooro Abdul Kaader, King of Fouta Tooro 1776 1807 Zulu people Zulu Senzangakona , List of Zulu kings King of the Zulu 1781 1816 Americas United States President of the Continental Congress Presidents of the United States in Congress Assembled Thomas Mifflin , 3 November 1783 to 3 June 1784 Richard Henry Lee , 30 November 1784 to 23 November 1785 Vermont Thomas Chittenden , Governor of Vermont 13 March 1778 13 October 1789 Asia Afghanistan Timur Shah , King of Afghanistan 1772 1793 Brunei Omar Ali Saifuddin I , Sultan of Brunei 1762 1795 China Qing Dynasty Qianlong Emperor of China Qianlong , Emperor of China 1735 1796 Empire of Japan Japan Monarch Emperor Kokaku of Japan Kokaku , Emperor ... , Prime Minister of Denmark Minister of State of Denmark 1772 1784 Andreas Peter Bernstorff , Prime Minister of Denmark Minister of State of Denmark 1784 1797 Early Modern France France Louis XVI ... Schleiz Heinrich XII of Reuss Schleiz Heinrich XII , Count of Reuss Schleiz 1744 1784 Saxony Frederick ... Domenicus II Schnitzer , Prince Abbot of Weingarten 1746 1784 Westerburg Leiningen Neu Leiningen ... Friedrich Alexander of Wied Johann Friedrich Alexander , Count of Wied 1737 1784 W rttemberg Karl Eugen ... 1757 1790 Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT List Of State Leaders In 1784 Category 1784 Category Lists of state leaders by year 1784 Category 1784 in international relations de Liste der Staatsoberh upter 1784 mk 1784 ... more details
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