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• Adriana de Groote, Cadzand
• Antje Arends (Aanes, Aans, Arents, Aarnts) Pel (Pol), Hardegarijp, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1867)
• Antje Aans Pel, Hardegarijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1867)
• "Joannes" Jan Geert Jan Geert, Den Dungen († 1826)
• Anna Müller, Winterberg, Kreis Brilon († 1784)
• Andries Jacobse van de Zande, Elkerzee († 1786)
• Archibald Rice, Caswell County, North Carolina († 1849)
• Aaldert Amerongen, van, Maurik gem. Buren Gld. Nederland († 1863)
• Aaltje Bontkes, Beerta († 1874)
• Armanala Cook, Ten Mile, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States († 1841)

• Anna Broeck op 't, Heel, Lim, Nederland
• Pitter Eelkes NN (18), Workum
• Berendina ten Dusgaate (48), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Bourgeois (76), St Jean, La Rochelle, Annis, France
• Anje Pieters (77), Adorp (Het Hogeland)
• Anna op 't Broeck, Heel
• Anthony Smalheere (53), St.Maartensdijk
• Anje PETERS. (77), Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonij Smalheere (53), Sint-Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anje Peters (77), Adorp, Groningen, Nederland, Nederland

• 1714 » John Winthrop, American astronomer and educator († 1779)
• 1778 » Marie Thérèse of France († 1851)
• 1796 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic († 1873)
• 1797 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist († 1838)
• 1817 » James J. Archer, American lawyer and general († 1864)
• 1820 » Mary Livermore, American journalist and activist († 1905)
• 1825 » George Frederick Bristow, American violinist and composer († 1898)
• 1831 » Bernice Pauahi Bishop, American philanthropist († 1884)
• 1849 » Henry Clay Frick, American businessman and financier († 1919)
• 1852 » Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1931)

• 1741 » Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681)
• 1745 » Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
• 1749 » Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (b. 1672)
• 1807 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright (b. 1723)
• 1813 » James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McGill University (b. 1744)
• 1819 » Thomas Fremantle, English admiral and politician (b. 1765)
• 1848 » Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1818)
• 1851 » Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter (b. 1775)
• 1878 » Bayard Taylor, American author and poet (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)

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 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
• March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
• August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
• 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).
• December 16 » British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.

The temperature on December 19, 1782 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.