Rulers:
• Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (1762-1796)
Events:
• Galleria dell’Accademia founded in Firenze.
Births:
• Fernando VII, King of Spain (1784-1833)
• Osorio Manrique de Zúñiga, Manuel (1784-1792)
• Taylor, Zachary (1784-1850)
Deaths:
• Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)
Music:
• Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825): Les Danaïdes (1784)
Art:
• Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Mountain Landscape with Bridge (1783-84)
• Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Tristram and Fox (c.1775-85)
• Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788): Woody Landscape (c.1783-84)
• Guardi, Francesco (1712-1793): Regata sul Canal Grande (1780-93)
• Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792): A Nymph and Cupid: ‘The Snake in the Grass’ (1784)
• Reynolds, Joshua (1723-1792): Portrait of Lord Donounghmore (1780-90)