Editing 1784 (section)

== Deaths ==
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia]], Prussian princess (b. [[1714]])
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Count of St. Germain]], French philosopher, adventurer (b. [[1710]])
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bond (American physician)|Thomas Bond]], American physician and surgeon (b. [[1712]])
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Ralph Bigland]], British officer of arms (b. [[1712]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Thomas Adam]], English clergyman, religious writer (b. [[1701]])
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Nano Nagle]], Irish convent founder (b. [[1718]])
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[Agustín de Jáuregui]], Spanish colonial governor (b. [[1711]])
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Anthony Benezet]], French-born American abolitionist and educator (b. [[1713]])
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Antoine Court de Gébelin]], French pastor (b. [[1725]])
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Abraham Trembley]], Swiss naturalist (b. [[1710]])
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani]], [[Croatia]]n poet (b. [[1710]])
* [[June 11]]  &ndash; [[Lê Quý Đôn]], Vietnamese philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official (b. [[1726]])
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Henry Middleton]], American president of the Continental Congress (b. [[1717]])
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Andrzej Mokronowski]], Polish general (b. [[1713]])
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Caesar Rodney]], American lawyer, signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] (b. [[1728]])
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Friedemann Bach]], German composer (b. [[1710]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilhelm Friedemann Bach {{!}} German composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Friedemann-Bach |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=en |date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Denis Diderot 111.PNG|thumb|right|110px|[[Denis Diderot]]]]
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Denis Diderot]], French philosopher, encyclopedist (b. [[1713]])
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Martini]], Italian musician (b. [[1706]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Allan Ramsay (artist)|Allan Ramsay]], Scottish portrait-painter (b. [[1713]])
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Hone the Elder|Nathaniel Hone]], Irish-born painter (b. [[1718]])
* [[August 28]] &ndash; [[Junípero Serra]], Spanish Franciscan missionary (b. [[1713]])
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Jean-François Séguier]], French astronomer and botanist (b. [[1703]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[César-François Cassini de Thury]], French astronomer (b. [[1714]])
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Ann Lee]], American religious leader (b. [[1736]])
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Bernard Lépicié]], French painter (b. [[1735]])
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan]], French polymath, author and poet (b. [[1709]])
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[George Baylor]], officer in the American Continental Army (b. [[1752]])
* [[December 5]] &ndash; [[Phillis Wheatley]], first published African-American author (b. [[1753]])
[[File:Dr-Johnson.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Samuel Johnson]]]]
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Samuel Johnson]], English writer, lexicographer (b. [[1709]])
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Yosa Buson]], Japanese poet, painter (b. [[1716]])
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Seth Warner]], American revolutionary leader (b. [[1743]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Raja Haji Fisabilillah]], Buginese monarch of the [[Johor Sultanate]], warrior, emperor, and government official
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Abd al-Karim Kashmiri]],  Indo-Persian historian