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Birthday November 10, 1782

• The temperature on November 10, 1782 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
  • 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.
  • June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1755 » Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator († 1846)
• 1759 » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian († 1805)
• 1764 » Andrés Manuel del Rio, Spanish-Mexican scientist and discoverer of vanadium († 1849)
• 1779 » Anne-Marie Javouhey, French nun, founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny († 1851)
• 1801 » Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist († 1876)
• 1801 » Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author († 1872)