Editing 1784 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 9]] &ndash; The [[Bank of New York]] opens as the first in New York state<ref>"Commercial banks", by Benjamin J. Klebaner, in ''The Encyclopedia of New York City'', 2nd edition (Yale University Press, 2010)</ref> and continues to operate under that name for almost 223 years until being acquired by [[Mellon Financial]] and becoming [[BNY Mellon]].
* [[July 29]] &ndash; The United States and the Kingdom of France sign a convention for establishing diplomatic relations and "determining the functions and prerogatives of their respective consuls, vice consuls, agents, and commissaries".<ref>''American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States'' (Gales and Seaton, 1833) p89</ref>
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Parliament of Great Britain]] passes [[Pitt's India Act]] (''An Act for the better Regulation and Management of the Affairs of the [[East India Company]] and of the [[British Possessions]] in India'').<ref>John Keay, ''The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company'' (Macmillan Publishing, 1991), p390</ref> It requires the governor-general to be chosen from outside the Company and makes company directors subject to parliamentary supervision.
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] creates the colony of [[New Brunswick]].
* [[September 19]] &ndash; In [[France]], the [[Robert brothers]] (Anne-Jean Robert and Nicolas-Louis Robert) and a Mr. Collin-Hullin (whose first name is lost to history) become the first people to fly more than 100 km or 100 miles in the air, lifting off from [[Paris]] and landing 6 hours and 40 minutes later near [[Bethune]] after a journey of {{convert|186|km}}. 
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Russia]] establishes a [[colony]] at [[Kodiak, Alaska]].