Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1784

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Literature

William Blake, An Island in the Moon

Theatre

Art

Thomas Rowlandson, watercolor of Vauxhall Gardens

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Henry Cavendish, Experiments on Air
Antoine Lavoisier studies the role of oxygen and carbon dioxide in respiration

Politics & Law

William Pitt's India Act gives the Crown the power to guide Indian politics
April: Fox's supporters defeated in the general election; Pitt becomes Prime Minister

Philosophy & Theology

Milestones

13 December: Death of Samuel Johnson
Death of Allan Ramsay, painter ???

Miscellaneous

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