February 24 » The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
August 22 » Britain's Quebec Expedition loses eight ships and almost nine hundred soldiers, sailors and women to rocks at Pointe-aux-Anglais.
September 22 » The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.
Day of death May 19, 1782
The temperature on May 19, 1782 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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.
April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
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.
December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
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