What Happened In 1684 - Historical Events 1684

Historical Events for the Year 1684

18th June » The charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is revoked via a 'scire facias' writ issued by an English court.

1st January » Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar (d. 1748)
14th January » Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
14th January » Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
24th February » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
15th March » Francesco Durante, Italian composer (d. 1755)
19th March » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
22nd March » William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (d. 1764)
15th April » Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
22nd June » Francesco Manfredini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
18th September » Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (d. 1748)
10th October » Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
26th October » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757)
12th November » Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)
13th December » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian, philosopher, and author (d. 1754)

12th April » Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
4th May » John Nevison, English criminal (b. 1639)
12th May » Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620)
6th July » Peter Gunning, English bishop (b. 1614)
26th July » Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1646)
8th August » George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)
20th September » Kim Seok-ju, Korean scholar and politician (b. 1634)
1st October » Pierre Corneille, French playwright (b. 1606)