17th » Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 Spanish real named reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
23rd » Western North Carolina (now eastern Tennessee) declares itself an independent state under the name of State of Franklin called Franklin; it is not accepted into the United States, and only lasts for four years.
Famous Deaths for August 1784
10th » Allan Ramsay (artist) known as Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (b. 1713)
14th » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter (b. 1718)
28th » JunÃpero Serra, Spanish-American priest and missionary (b. 1713)