Year (''' MDCLXXXIV ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
- January 1 - Arnold Drakenborch , Dutch classical scholar (died 1748 )
- January 14 - Jean-Baptiste Van Loo , French painter (died 1745 )
- February 24 - Matthias Braun , Czech sculptor (died 1738 )
- March 15 - Francesco Durante , Italian composer (died 1755 )
- March 19 - Jean Astruc , French physician and scholar (died 1766 )
- April 15 - Catherine I Of Russia (died 1727 )
- June 22 - Francesco Manfredini , Italian composer (died 1762 )
- September 18 - Johann Gottfried Walther , German music theorist, organist, and composer (died 1748 )
- October 10 - Antoine Watteau , French painter (died 1721 )
- October 26 - Kurt Christoph Graf Von Schwerin , Prussian field marshal (died 1757 )
- December 3 - Ludvig Holberg , Norwegian historian and writer (died 1754 )
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