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• Cornelia Antonia Schreurs, Margraten († 1832)
• Baukje Pieters Pronker, Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1854)
• Christina Wildenberg, Alpen (Pruisen) († 1814)
• Cornelius Maas, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1822)
• Agnes Wijmans, Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
• Dorothea Elisabeth Lucia Schröder, Gross Brütz, Mecklenburg Schwerin
• Aaltje Alberts Den UIJL, Willige-Langerak († 1862)
• Anna Elisabeth Claus, Den Haag
• Cornelis van der Burg, Kethel, Hollande († 1851)
• Adriana Lucia van Alem, Macharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Arend Vliek (70), Putten op Cragtighuizen
• Cornelia Cornelisse Vermeijs (74), Waspik
• Elsken Göntgens (68), Neukirchen-Vluyn (Dld)
• Abner Coffin (62), Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts
• Anthonie van Voorneveld (17), Achttienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arend Vlieck (70), (GL) Putten
• Cornelia Jobsdr Noordhoeve (63), Dirksland
• Neeltje Herseijde
• Antonius Rijniers (25), Wagenberg
• Antonius Verdeyen (0), Tielt

• 1748 » Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher († 1832)
• 1759 » Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic († 1824)
• 1760 » Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer and educator († 1837)
• 1797 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons († 1871)
• 1809 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic († 1857)
• 1809 » Cyrus McCormick, American journalist and businessman, co-founded International Harvester († 1884)
• 1810 » Mary S. B. Shindler, American poet, writer, and editor († 1883)
• 1811 » Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina († 1888)
• 1812 » Charles Lewis Tiffany, American businessman, founded Tiffany & Co. († 1902)
• 1820 » Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist and activist († 1906)

• 1738 » Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
• 1781 » Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1729)
• 1818 » Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen (b. 1746)
• 1835 » Henry Hunt, English farmer and politician (b. 1773)
• 1839 » François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
• 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)

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)
• 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.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
• May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
• December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).

The temperature on February 15, 1782 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.