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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1784. 1784 (MDCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting...
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    The East India Company Act (EIC Act 1784), also known as Pitt's India Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain intended to address the shortcomings...
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    William Jardine (24 February 1784 – 27 February 1843) was a Scottish physician, opium merchant and trader who co-founded the Hong Kong based conglomerate...
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  • 1784 Benguella, provisional designation 1935 MG, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers (7.5...
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    Allan Ramsay (13 October 1713 – 10 August 1784) was a prominent Scottish portrait-painter. Ramsay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the eldest son of Allan...
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  • John Brown (July 12, 1784 – October 13, 1858) was a Scottish minister and theologian, known for his exegesis as a preacher. The grandson of John Brown...
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    Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author...
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    The 1784 British general election resulted in William Pitt the Younger securing an overall majority of about 120 in the House of Commons of Great Britain...
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    clear that the year of her death was 1784 from another letter to Jefferson from James Currie dated November 20, 1784. Adams recorded his exchange with Jefferson...
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  • Region of Uzbekistan as well as South Kazakhstan Region. It was declared in 1784 and ceased to exist in 1808, after being occupied by the Kokand Khanate....
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  • Events in the year 1784 in India. 15 January - The Asiatic Society was established. 11 March - Treaty of Mangalore signed between a jubilant Tipu Sultan...
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  • for legislation relating to the Bank of England. The Bank of England Act 1784 (24 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 34) The Bank of England Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6....
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    The Commutation Act 1784, enacted by the British Parliament, reduced the tax on tea from 119% to 12.5%, effectively ending the smuggling trade. William...
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    Grosvenor, the 7th Baronet, was created Baron Grosvenor in 1761, and in 1784 became both Viscount Belgrave (Belgrave, Cheshire) and Earl Grosvenor under...
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    The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (Dutch: Vierde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog; 1780–1784) was a conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Dutch Republic...
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  • Events from the year 1784 in France Monarch – Louis XVI 18 September – Dardanus, opera by Antonio Sacchini, was first performed at Versailles Le Bon Père...
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  • The Ordinance of 1784 (enacted April 23, 1784) called for the land in the recently created United States which was located west of the Appalachian Mountains...
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  • politician and Staffordshire landowner George Adams (Mississippi judge) (1784–1844), American lawyer and political figure in Kentucky and Mississippi George...
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  • 1780s BC (redirect from 1784 BC)
    died out, possibly due to a combination of climate change and hunting. 1787-1784 BC: The Amorite civilization conquers Uruk and Isin. 1786 BC: In Egypt, the...
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    authorised by an Act of Parliament (24 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. 4) obtained in 1784. The new company and the Birmingham Canal merged soon afterwards, becoming...
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  • Friendship was a merchant brig built in Scarborough, England, and launched in 1784. As part of the Australian First Fleet, she transported convicts from England...
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    treaty which ended the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War was not signed until 20 May 1784; for convenience, however, it is included in the summaries below. The treaty...
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  • 1784 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Events March — Tom Johnson defeated Croydon Drover in London after 27 minutes. June — Tom Johnson...
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    Events from the year 1784 in Canada. Monarch – George III Governor of the Province of Quebec – Frederick Haldimand Governor of Nova Scotia – John Parr...
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    Venetian-flagged shipping from harassment by Barbary pirates. The campaign lasted from 1784 to 1786, with the Venetian navy under Angelo Emo bombarding the harbour towns...
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    and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. A native of Hanover County, Virginia, Henry was primarily educated...
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  • The year 1784 in science and technology involved some significant events. September 10 – Edward Pigott identifies the variable star Eta Aquilae from York...
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    a complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1784. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England...
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