The year 1784 in science and technology involved some significant events. September 10 – Edward Pigott identifies the variable star Eta Aquilae from York...

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...

as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1784. William...

January 5 – In Paris, Antonio Salieri signs a contract with the Opéra for a work entitled Les Danaïdes. January 7 – Composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny...

Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1784. Gilbert Blane (1749–1834), Royal physician John Campbell, 4th Earl of Breadalbane (1762–1834) James Cecil...

year, the Sturm und Drang movement ended in German literature (including poetry) and music, which began in the late 1760s. The conventional translation...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1784. March – Gottlieb Jakob Planck becomes professor of theology at Göttingen...

and independent French Royal Commissions, each appointed by Louis XVI in 1784, that were conducted simultaneously by a committee composed of four physicians...

Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal...

patented by Henry Cort in 1784 produced large scale quantities of wrought iron. Hot blast, patented by James Beaumont Neilson in 1828, greatly lowered...