page_title: 1684
section_title: Births
hierarchical_section_title: 1684 / Births
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Портрет Антуана Ватто, виконаний Карр'єра Розалюбою
context_page_description: 1684 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1684th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 684th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 17th century, and the 5th year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1684, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 1 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
  January 4
  Henry Coote, 5th Earl of Mountrath, British politician (d. 1720)
  Henry Grove, English nonconformist minister (d. 1738)
  January 14
  Johann Matthias Hase, German astronomer, mathematician and cartographer (d. 1742)
  Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French subject and portrait painter (d. 1745)
  January 18 – Johann David Köhler, German historian (d. 1755)
  January 23 – Christian Rantzau, Danish noble (d. 1771)
  February 16 – Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Czech composer (d. 1742)
  February 19 – George Duckett (Calne MP), English politician (d. 1732)
  February 20 – Edward Bayly, Irish politician (d. 1741)
  February 21 – Justus van Effen, Dutch author (d. 1735)
  February 22 – Charles, Count of Armagnac, French noble (d. 1751)
  February 24 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
  March 2 – Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer and Member of Parliament (d. 1719)
  March 15 – Francesco Durante, Italian composer (d. 1755)
  March 19 – Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766)
  March 21 – Oley Douglas, English Member of Parliament (d. 1719)
  March 22
  Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor, polymath (d. 1749)
  William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, England (d. 1764)
  March 24 – Samuel von Schmettau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1751)
  March 28 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (d. 1708)
  March 31 – Francesco Durante, Neapolitan composer (d. 1755)
  April 2 – Henry Somerset, 2nd Duke of Beaufort (d. 1714)
  April 10 – Joseph Paris Duverney, French banker (d. 1770)
  April 15 – Catherine I of Russia (d. 1727)
  April 25 – Marco Benefial, Italian painter (d. 1764)
  May 2 – William Henry, Prince of Nassau-Usingen, Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1702–1718) (d. 1718)
  May 5 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French noble (d. 1739)
  May 23 – Hachisuka Muneteru, Japanese daimyō of the Edo period (d. 1743)
  May 24 – Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, regent of the Kingdom of Serbia   (1720–1733) (d. 1737)
  May 27 – Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Austrian field marshal (d. 1774)
  May 31
  Timothy Cutler, American Episcopal clergyman, rector of Yale College (d. 1765)
  Georg Engelhard Schröder, Swedish artist (d. 1750)
  June 4 – Louis Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen, German nobleman (d. 1707)
  June 6 – Nathaniel Lardner, English theologian (d. 1768)
  June 15 – Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg, German noble (d. 1749)
  June 22 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian Baroque composer (d. 1762)
  July 3 – Jean-Baptiste Baudry, Canadian gunsmith (d. 1755)
  August 22 – Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1684–1696) (d. 1696)
  August 24 – Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet, British politician (d. 1746)
  August 30 – Marguerite de Launay, baronne de Staal, French author (d. 1750)
  September 1 – Jaime Álvares Pereira de Melo, 3rd Duke of Cadaval (d. 1749)
  September 17
  Henry Cantrell, Anglican clergyman, writer (d. 1773)
  Elizabeth Hanson, American captive of Native Americans and writer (d. 1737)
  September 18 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German music theorist, organist and composer (d. 1748)
  September 22 – Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, French general and statesman (d. 1761)
  October 2 – Thomas Seaton, British poet (d. 1741)
  October 8 – Karl Aigen, Austrian painter (d. 1762)
  October 9 – Christopher of Baden-Durlach, German prince (d. 1723)
  October 10 – Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (d. 1721)
  October 16 – Peter Walkden, English writer (d. 1769)
  October 26 – Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (d. 1757)
  October 28 – Paul Alphéran de Bussan, French bishop (d. 1757)
  November 1 – Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn (admiral), Russian naval officer (d. 1764)
  November 11 – Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (d. 1750)
  November 12 – Edward Vernon, English naval officer (d. 1757)
  November 15 – Paul-Hippolyte de Beauvilliers, duke of Saint-Aignan, French diplomat and soldier (d. 1776)
  November 16 – Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst (d. 1775)
  December 3 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (d. 1754)
  December 9 – Abraham Vater
caption: Jean-Antoine Watteau
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