Events in year of 1684
- 01-12French King Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
- 03-05Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
- 04-25Patent granted for thimble
- 06-21King Charles II revokes Massachusetts Bay Colony charter
- 08-15Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France
- 10-23Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted
People born in year of 1684
- 01-14Jean-Baptiste Vanloo: French painter
- 02-21Justus van Effen: Writer / founder (Holland Spectator)
- 02-22William Pulteney: London, England -- Statesman (Earl of Bath)
- 03-26Johann Graf: Composer
- 03-31Francesco Durante: Composer
- 06-22Francesco Onofrio Manfredini: Composer
- 09-18Johann Gottfried Walther: Erfurt, Germany -- Composer / Musicographer
- 09-23Johann Theodor Romhild: Composer
- 10-05Johann Jacob de Neufville: Composer
- 10-10Jean Antoine Watteau: French rococo painter (Onverschillige)
- 10-19Johann Christoph Fravenholtz: Composer
- 11-16Abraham Alewijn: Dutch poet / playwright (Puiterveense Helleveeg)
- 12-03Ludvig Baron Holberg: Founder (Danish and Norwegian literature)
- 12-22Johann J Dillenius [Dillen]: German Botanist (Historia Muscorum)
People died in year of 1684
- 01-05Claude Audran II: French Painter / engraver, dies at 44
- 01-15Caspar Netscher: Dutch portrait painter, dies at about 48
- 02-12Pietro Andrea Ziani: Composer, dies at 67
- 02-21Pieter van den Abeelen: Dutch medallist / jeweller, dies at about 75
- 04-05William Brouncker: 2nd viscount / 1st President of Royal Society
- 04-18Gonzales Cocx [Coques]: Painter
- 05-08Henri Dumont: Composer
- 05-23Adriaen Backer: Amsterdams Painter buried at about 48
- 09-05John Uytenhage van Lacks: Lawyer / author, drowned at 48
- 09-18Jan A "Joannes" Antonides van der Goes: Poet (Ystroom), dies at 37
- 10-01Pierre Corneille: Fr lawyer / dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42
Events in year of 1685
- 06-11James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic King James II
- 07-06Battle at Sedgemoor: King James II beats Duke of Monmouth
- 10-18French King Louis XIV revoked Edict van Nantes
- 10-18Louis XIV revokes Edict of Nantes, outlaws Protestantism
- 12-03Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
- 12-30Don Francisco de Agurto installed as land guardian of S Netherlands
People born in year of 1685
- 01-07Gerard George Clifford: Dutch Director of East India Company
- 01-18Tiberius Hemsterhuis: Dutch Classical prof, baptized
- 02-10Aaron Hill: English playwright / poet (Tragedy of Zara)
- 03-12George Berkeley: Ireland -- Philosopher / Bishop of Cloyne
- 03-17Jean-Marc Nattier: French portrait painter
- 06-03Cornelis Hop: Amsterdam regent / diplomat
- 06-30Dominikus Zimmermann: German architect / painter (Liebfrauenkirche)
- 08-01Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni: Composer
- 09-15Gottfried Kirkhoff: Composer
- 09-30Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus: Composer
- 10-01Charles VI: German Emperor / King of Spain (1711-40)
- 10-26Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti: Composer
- 12-12Lodovico Giustini: Composer
People died in year of 1685
- 01-06Malachias Siebenhaar: Composer, dies at 68
- 02-11David Teniers III: Flemish painter, dies at 46
- 05-02Adriaen van Ostade: Dutch painter, buried
- 05-15Henri Otto: Spanish Marquis of Caretto / Savona / Grana
- 05-26Karel: Monarch of Palts
- 05-28Pieter de la Court: Economist / historian, dies at about 67
- 07-15James Scott: Duke of Monmouth, illegitimate Son of Charles 2, executed
- 07-23Pietro Reggio: Composer, dies at 53
- 08-08Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi]: Ital Painter (Madonna), dies at 75
- 10-03Fidel Molitor: Composer, dies at 58
- 10-12Geeraerdt Burns: Theologist / Poet / historian, dies at 59
Events in year of 1686
- 04-04English King James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence
- 07-09Germany, Sweden and Spain signs anti-French League of Augsburg
- 07-22City of Albany, New York chartered
- 08-18Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus
- 09-02Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks
- 12-19Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)
People born in year of 1686
- 01-19Hakuin Ekakuborn: Japan -- Zen Buddhist
- 02-10Johann F Gronovius: Dutch Physician / botany
- 06-05Cristoph Raupach: Composer
- 08-01Benedetto Marcello: Italian author / composer (Lettera Famigliare)
- 08-17Nicola Antonio Porpora: Composer
- 08-19Antonio Tonelli: Composer
- 08-29Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel: Composer
- 10-12Silvius Leopold Weiss: Composer
- 10-22Georg Balthasar Schott: Composer
- 12-25Giovanni Battista Somis: Composer
People died in year of 1686
- 01-21Nicolas-Francois Blondel: French architect
- 02-08Francois Tak: Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
- 02-10William Dugdale: Garter King of Arms (1677-86)
- 02-24Ferdinando Tacca: Italian Painter / Son of Pietro Tacca, dies at 66
- 06-06Joannes B van Neercassel: RC spiritual leader of the Netherlands, dies at 60
- 06-18Johann Quirsfeld: Composer, dies at 43
- 07-10Ercole Ferrata: Italian Sculptor / restauranteur, dies at 76
- 07-11Michel Anguier: French sculptor, dies at 75
- 08-06Paul Hainlein: Composer, dies at 60
- 10-08Adriaen Paets: Rotterdams regent / diplomat, dies at about 55