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• Aagtje Hartman, Oude-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Adriana Catharina van Hoften, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1844)
• Aagtje Hartman, oude tonge (goeree overflakkee) († 1844)
• Aert Kapiteijn, Benschop
• Andreas Noij, Gennep († 1842)
• Andries de Roode, Oegstgeest († 1858)
• aagje admiraal, Akersloot († 1840)
• Aagje Cornelis Admiraal, Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1840)
• Albertus Voorhorst, Olst († 1860)
• Abraham Franken, Wolkammer

• Evert Cornelis Barendsz van Marle (0), Oosterwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Feijaerts (37), Werchter, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Francisca Christiane van Waldeck-Pyrmont (69)
• Emmanuel LITZLER (57), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Gerrit Jans (4), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Elizabeth Bennett (50), Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Ann Cambridge (80), Tintinhull, Somerset, England
• Corfitz Nielsen (47), Marvede Sogn, Sorø amt
• Francisca Christiane von Waldeck-Pyrmont (69)
• Francisca Christiane van Waldeck Pyrmont (69)

• 1745 » Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon († 1799)
• 1766 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay († 1840)
• 1785 » Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist († 1860)
• 1793 » James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War († 1862)
• 1795 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic († 1871)
• 1799 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author († 1831)
• 1803 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer († 1888)
• 1807 » Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist († 1891)
• 1808 » Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist († 1864)
• 1811 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician († 1874)

• 1711 » Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
• 1718 » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
• 1725 » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1731 » Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
• 1734 » John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
• 1813 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
• 1840 » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Gerrit
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Elisabeth
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
• September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
• November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

The temperature on January 6, 1782 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.