1784

Events

 * May 7:
 * John Jay becomes United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs
 * May 12:
 * Thomas Jefferson becomes Minister Plenipotentiary for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerce

Births

 * February 5:
 * Nancy Hanks - Mother of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1818)
 * August 21:
 * Enos Thompson Throop - Governor of New York (d. 1874)
 * November 24:
 * Zachary Scott Taylor - President of the United States (d. 1850)