Editing 1784 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The Congress of the Confederation passes the Ordinance of Governance to set guidelines for adding to the original 13 states in the [[United States of America]].<ref>Charles Kettleborough, Ph.D., ''Constitution Making in Indiana: A Source Book of Constitutional Documents, with Historical Introduction and Critical Notes'' (Indiana Historical Commission, 1916) p3</ref>
* [[April 27]] &ndash; ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (play)|The Marriage of Figaro]]'', written by playwright [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] as a sequel to [[The Barber of Seville (play)|''The Barber of Seville'']], premieres at the [[Comédie-Française]] in [[Paris]].<ref>
Denis Hollier and R. Howard Bloch, ''A New History of French Literature'' (Harvard University Press, 1994) p549</ref>
* [[May 12]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]], signed on [[September 3]] [[1783|the previous year]], comes into effect.
* [[May 20]] &ndash; A [[treaty]] is signed in [[Peace of Paris (1783)|Paris]] between the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] and the [[Dutch Republic]], formally ending the [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Élisabeth Thible]] is the first woman to ascend in a [[hot air balloon|hot-air balloon]], at [[Lyon]], [[France]].