Nekrolog 1784
This is a list of famous people who died in 1784 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2nd | Caspar Anton von Belderbusch | German Knight of the Teutonic Order and Prime Minister in Kurköln | 61 | |
| January 4th | Georg Friedrich Kraus | German legal scholar | 65 | |
| January 7th | Christian Knauthe | German historian, local researcher in Upper Lusatia and pastor in Friedersdorf | 77 | |
| January 7th | Johann Ernst Zeiher | German mathematician, mechanic, linguist and optician | 58 | |
| 15. January | Jobst Anton from over | German lawyer, postmaster, bailiff and an important agricultural reformer in the Electorate of Hanover | 65 | |
| January 17th | Franz Anton Grimm | Builder of the Moravian Baroque | 73 | |
| January 17th | Yosa Buson | Japanese poet and painter | ||
| January 20th | Henning Alexander von Kleist | Prussian lieutenant general and governor of the Spandau Citadel | 76 | |
| January 20th | Adolph Friedrich von Neetzow | District Administrator of the Anklam district | ||
| January 20th | Christoph Karl Ludwig von Pfeil | German lawyer, diplomat, minister of state, evangelical religious song poet and writer | 72 | |
| January 24th | Andrea Bernasconi | Italian composer | ||
| January 25th | Johann Kaspar Arletius | German educator and polymath | 76 | |
| January 25th | Carlo Vittorio Amedeo delle Lanze | Italian cardinal | 71 | |
| January 25th | Carl Eugenius Pope of Ohain | Saxon mineralogist | 65 | 
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 February | Joseph Felix von Kurz | Austrian actor, theater writer and impresario | 66 | |
| February 4th | Friederike Luise of Prussia | Princess of Prussia | 69 | |
| February 15th | Gabriel Léopold Charles Amé Bexon | French naturalist, Roman Catholic clergyman | 35 | |
| February 15th | Pierre-Joseph Macquer | French chemist | 65 | |
| February 15th | Hans Willam | Austrian bricklayer, palier and architect | 81 | |
| 19th of February | Thomas Morell | English clergyman and librettist | 80 | |
| 20. February | Christian August | Governing Count of the County of Solms | 69 | |
| February 22 | Sophie Volland | Beloved of the French philosopher Denis Diderot | 67 | |
| February 24th | Anton Laube | Czech composer and church musician | 65 | |
| February 25 | Christian Ludwig | German doctor and pharmacist | 34 | |
| February 26th | Anton Wilhelm Plaz | German botanist and physician | 76 | |
| February 26th | Friedrich Adam Aries | German mathematician | 60 | |
| 27th of February | Count of Saint Germain | German alchemist and occultist | ||
| February 28 | Angelius Johann Daniel Aepinus | German philosopher | 65 | 
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 March | Augustin Bauer | Abbot of the Premonstratensian Monastery of Steingaden | ||
| 3 March | Claude Parisot | French organ builder | ||
| 4th of March | Wilhelm August Alemann | Mayor of Hanover | 55 | |
| 4th of March | Carl Ludwig von Winterfeld | Prussian major general | 57 | |
| 6th March | Franz Xaver Holl | Jesuit, theologian, university professor in Innsbruck and Heidelberg | 63 | |
| 8th of March | Johann Adam Ehrlich | German organ builder and instrument maker | 80 | |
| 9th March | Johann David Hahn | German physicist, philosopher, astronomer, physician, botanist and chemist | 54 | |
| March 10th | Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch | Protestant church historian and professor of theology in Göttingen | 57 | |
| 17. March | Johann Franz Anton von Zedtwitz | Commanding general of the Temescher Banat, bearer of the Military Maria Theresa Order | ||
| March 21st | Jean-Gilles du Coëtlosquet | French bishop | 83 | |
| March 23 | Giovanni Carlo Bandi | Italian clergyman, cardinal of the Catholic Church | 74 | |
| 26th of March | Samuel Engel | Swiss librarian, geographer, politician, philanthropist and economist | 81 | |
| March 30 | Emmanuel Duke of Croÿ | French military | 65 | |
| March 31 | Johann Rudolf von Merian | Royal Prussian Major General | 
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd of April | Augusto Rosa | Italian architect | 45 | |
| April 5th | Johann Dietrich Winckler | German Lutheran theologian | 72 | |
| 7th of April | Samuel Rhoads | American politician | ||
| April 8th | Johann Heinrich King | German wood sculptor | ||
| 11 April | Ludwig von Hess | Publicist, royal Danish judicial councilor and government councilor | 64 | |
| 11 April | Georg Jonathan of Holland | German mathematician and philosopher | 41 | |
| April 15th | Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels | Archbishop of Cologne | 75 | |
| April 22 | Johann Friedrich Bagge | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | ||
| April 22 | Franz Adolf von Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym | Prussian general | 59 | |
| 26th of April | Nano Nagle | Irish sister and founder | ||
| April 28 | Johann Stephan Schmaltz | German organ builder | 68 | |
| April 29 | Agustin de Jáuregui | Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru | 72 | |
| April, 30th | Franz Karl von Velbrück | Bishop of Liege | 64 | 
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3rd | Anthony Benezet | American teacher and abolitionist | 71 | |
| May 3rd | Johann Anton Trinius | German Protestant pastor, theologian and writer | 61 | |
| 12th of May | Antoine Court de Gébelin | Theologian, pastor of the Huguenots, member of the Masonic Lodge "Les Amis Réunis" | ||
| 12th of May | Abraham Trembley | Swiss zoologist | 73 | |
| May 15 | Arsenije Plamenac | Montenegrin prince-bishop | ||
| May 15 | Jacob Schuback | Hamburg lawyer, diplomat and composer | 58 | |
| May 20th | Alexander Ross | Scottish poet | 85 | 
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4th | David Tschanz | Swiss Pietist | 67 | |
| June 9th | Johann Martin Mack | German evangelical missionary and bishop | 69 | |
| June 13th | Henry Middleton | British-American politician and planter | ||
| 17th of June | Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gaudi | Prussian civil servant | 50 | |
| 20th June | Johann Hermann Dielhelm | Author of hydrological works | 81 | |
| June 21st | Daniel Högger | Swiss Mayor | 78 | |
| 23rd June | Johann David Weidner | German Baroque architect | 63 | |
| June 26th | Caesar Rodney | Governor of Delaware; Signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence | 55 | |
| June 26th | Ignatius Ferdinand von Vogelius | Baron, legal scholar, privy councilor | 43 | 
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Georg Daniel Auberlen | German musician and composer | 55 | |
| July 1 | Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | German composer | 73 | |
| 2nd July | Gottfried Schütze | German pedagogue, librarian and theologian | 65 | |
| July 6th | Achatius Ludwig Karl Schmid | German legal scholar and state official from Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach | 59 | |
| 7th of July | Louis Anseaume | French librettist | ||
| 8th of July | Torbern Olof Bergman | Swedish chemist | 49 | |
| 15th of July | Johann Baptist Straub | German Rococo sculptor | 80 | |
| July 19 | Adam Patachich | noble Croatian Roman Catholic bishop and archbishop | 67 | |
| 24th July | Caroline Beck | German theater actress | 18th | |
| July 26th | Johann Anton Tischbein | German painter | 63 | |
| July 31 | Denis Diderot | French writer and philosopher | 70 | 
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd August | Gustav Adolf von Bennigsen | Saxon Lieutenant General | 67 | |
| 3rd August | Maximilian Hitzelberger | South German Rococo sculptor | 79 | |
| 3rd August | Giovanni Battista Martini | Italian composer and music theorist | 78 | |
| 6th of August | Karl Kohaut | Austrian lutenist, composer and court official | ||
| August 10 | Allan Ramsay | Scottish portraitist and court painter to George III. | 70 | |
| 12. August | Johann Joachim Schwabe | German scholar, writer and philosopher | 69 | |
| 13 August | Jean François Clément Morand | French chemist, mineralogist and physician | 58 | |
| August 14th | Michael Hißmann | Philosopher and university professor | 31 | |
| August 14th | Wilhelm Friedrich Hombergk zu Vach | German jurist and Chancellor of Hessen-Hanau | 71 | |
| August 22nd | Frans Doormann | Hamburg businessman, senator and mayor | 75 | |
| August 28th | Willem van Heemskerck | Dutch regent, administrator and politician; Mayor of Amsterdam | 66 | |
| August 28th | Junípero Serra | Spanish Franciscan and missionary, is considered the founder of the city of San Francisco | 70 | |
| 29th August | Sachar Grigoryevich Tschernyschow (Field Marshal General) | Russian Field Marshal General, Minister of War (1763–1774) and Governor of the Moscow administrative district | 62 | 
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Jean-François Séguier | French botanist, historian, bibliographer and archaeologist | 80 | |
| September 1 | Johann Christoph Stockhausen | German natural scientist, pedagogue and Protestant theologian | 58 | |
| September 2nd | Giovanni Battista Visconti | Italian classical archaeologist | 61 | |
| September 4th | Georg Ewald von Blumenthal | Prussian major general, heir to Eysow and Kummerzin | 62 | |
| September 4th | César François Cassini de Thury | French geodesic | 70 | |
| 5th September | Johann Kaspar Gigl | Plasterer, altar builder and sculptor from the Wessobrunn school | ||
| 5th September | Gaspard de Tressemanes de Brunet | French bishop | ||
| 7th of September | Pál Ányos | Hungarian poet | 27 | |
| 7th of September | Giovanni Antonio Cybei | Italian sculptor | 78 | |
| 7th of September | Carl Philipp zu Innhausen and Knyphausen | East Frisian nobleman | 73 | |
| September 8th | Ann Lee | Founder of the American religious community Shaker | 48 | |
| the 9th of September | Johann Friedrich Richter | German banker, businessman and trader, art and antiquity collector | ||
| September 11 | Friedrich Wilhelm von Podewils | Prussian officer, most recently major general | ||
| 13.september | Ludwig Hercules Daser | German Lutheran theologian | 79 | |
| September 14th | Nicolas Capron | French composer and violinist | ||
| September 14th | John Morin Scott | American lawyer, officer and politician | ||
| September 15th | Wilhelmus Crone | German Catholic priest, Abbot of the Marienfeld Monastery | 55 | |
| September 18 | Georg Haupt | Swedish designer and cabinet maker | ||
| September 22 | Johann Georg Pfund | Personal coachman of Frederick the Great | 84 | |
| September 24th | Ernst August Spangenberg | German lawyer, mayor of the city of Göttingen | 94 | |
| September 23rd | Valentin Friedrich von Rüchel | Prussian colonel | 61 | |
| September 27th | Johann Hugo Joseph von Coll | Office Director | 49 | 
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th October | Antonín Kammel | Czech composer and violinist | 55 | |
| 5th October | Georg Wilhelm von Pachelbel | Palatinate-Zweibrücken diplomat | 66 | |
| 9th October | Georg Christoph Detharding | German medic | 85 | |
| October 11th | Johann Friedrich Lobstein | German surgeon and anatomist | 48 | |
| October 14th | Georg Samuel Madihn | German lawyer and university professor | 54 | |
| October, 16th | Johann Michael Wolcker | German church painter | 82 | |
| October 17th | Melchior Dittmar von Wittgenstein | German Mayor | ||
| October 24th | Karl Maximilian von Dietrichstein | Austrian statesman and imperial prince | 82 | |
| October | Pierre Eugène du Simitière | Swiss-American artist and philosopher | 47 | 
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1st | Joseph Massie | British political economist | ||
| November 1st | Jean-Jacques Lefranc de Pompignan | French author | 75 | |
| November 2 | Christian Gottlieb Riccius | German legal scholar | 87 | |
| November 3rd | Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo | Spanish Viceroy of New Spain | 67 | |
| November 3rd | Nicolas Guibal | Württemberg court painter of French origin | 58 | |
| November 9th | Christian Friedrich Wilkens | German theologian and natural scientist | 62 | |
| November 12th | Saverio Manetti | Italian botanist, physician and ornithologist | 61 | |
| 14th November | Joseph Schuster | Bassist and ensemble member at the court theater of the Dresden Elector | 62 | |
| 15th of November | Jan Hataš | Czech composer | ||
| 22nd of November | Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi | Italian violin and cello maker | ||
| November 28th | Antoine Grimaldi | Regent of Monaco (1732–1784) | 87 | |
| November 29th | Julius Adolf Friedrich Treusch von Buttlar | Prussian major general, knight of the Pour le Merite and governor of Ziesar | 68 | |
| 30th of November | Christian August Clodius | German poet and philosopher | 47 | |
| 30th of November | Ernst Friedemann von Münchhausen | Prussian Minister | 60 | 
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 5th | Phillis Wheatley | African American poet | ||
| 6th of December | Hans Albrecht Friedrich von Rohr | Prussian colonel and head of the regiment | 81 | |
| December 7th | Friedrich Ludwig Hermann Muzel | German medic | 69 | |
| December 8th | Georg Reinhold von Thadden | Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiments No. 4 and No. 33 and Governor of the Glatz Fortress | 72 | |
| 11th December | Johan Lexell is different | Astronomer and mathematician | 43 | |
| 12th of December | Johann Christian Wilhelm von Steinwehr | Prussian major general, chief of infantry regiment No. 14, governor of Potsdam, heir to von Wellen | 73 | |
| 13th December | Samuel Johnson | English scholar, writer, poet, critic and lexicographer | 75 | |
| 15th December | Friedrich Groschuff | philologist | 83 | |
| 15th December | Philipp Hoffmann | Mayor of Elberfeld | 61 | |
| 15th December | Nathanael Matthäus von Wolf | German botanist and doctor | 60 | |
| December 16 | Reinhard Philipp Friedrich von Degenfeld | Mr. at the Eulenhof, to Ehrstädt, Waibstadt and Unterbiegelhof | 62 | |
| December 16 | Friederike Alexandrine Moszyńska | second daughter of Augustus the Strong with his mistress Anna Constantia von Cosel | 75 | |
| 25 December | Benvenuto Sigmund by Petazzi | Austrian general | 85 | |
| December 26th | Otto Friedrich Müller | Danish zoologist | 54 | |
| December 31 | Johann Wilhelm Brügelmann | Mayor of Elberfeld | ||
| December 31 | Johann Bernhard von Höfer | Prussian colonel | 71 | |
| December 31 | Reinhard Christoph Ungewitter | German reformed theologian | 69 | |
| December | Richard Howly | Georgia Governor | 
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Dard | French composer, oboist, bassoonist and music theorist | |||
| Kaspar Faber | German entrepreneur | |||
| Johann Georg Carl von Hannig | Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal | |||
| Matthias Gerhard von Hoesch | Statesman and mining entrepreneur | |||
| Stephan Ludwig Jacobi | Inventor of artificial fish farming | |||
| Jakob Jehle | German builder and plasterer | |||
| Abd al-Karim Kashmiri | Persian-Indian historian | |||
| Daniel Marshall | American clergyman | |||
| Friedrich Wilhelm Mascho | German theologian and teacher | |||
| Diego José Navarro García de Valladares | Castilian governor of Cuba | |||
| Gaspar de Portolà | Governor of Baja California and Alta California, discoverer and founder of San Diego and Monterey | |||
| Karl Heinrich von Poseck | Prussian major | |||
| Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel | German porcelain maker, painter, eraser, publisher | |||
| Francisco Romá y Rosell | Lawyer and economist, interim viceroy of New Spain | |||
| Marie-Claudine Rozet | French bookseller in Russia | |||
| Louise Eleonore von Schöning | Prussian nobles | |||
| Balthasar Smissaert | Dutch diplomat | |||
| Stefano Torelli | Italian painter | |||
| Johann Westermann | German lyric poet of the baroque | 
